Introduction

episode 328, apology, explosion, satisfaction. So we come to 16 o four king, queen, family and household all in place. Religion sorted well, according to the king's satisfaction, at least. Next up, a bit delayed, was the sion of a new monarch on the block,. as it were, the opening of parliament, a little delayed by plague. Now, james had a couple of objectives for his new parliament. There was the most clearly stated objective, which was to redress his subjects grievances. And he found it very difficult to believe that any one else would not be absolutely as excited as him about such a prospect. It is entirely possible that james was expecting