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PARLIAMENTARY STRUGGLES 
CHIEF STAGES IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE BETWEEN 
THE KING AND THE PARLIAMENT. 
I. In the Reign of James I, 
(1) First Parliament. James had frequent quarreis with his 
First Parliament, in the course of which, Parliament 
vindicated its right to control its own elections, and also 
the right of its members to freedom of arrest. It also 
Femonstrated against the ‘“Impositions,” the arbitrary 
proceedings of the High Commission Court, and the 
authority of Royal Proclamations, 
Second Parliament, sometimes called the “ Addled Parlia- 
ment.” James’s relations with his Second Parliament were 
öf a no more friendly nature than those with his First, It 
refused to grant a supply till it had dealt with the King’s 
impositions of customs, and James in anger dissolved it, 
Third Parliament proceeded to attack the abuse of 
monopolies, and impeached Sir Giles Mompesson, and 
Lord Bacon for holding monopolies. They also made a 
protest to the effect “that their liberties and privileges 
were the undoubted birthright of Englishmen, and that they 
hada right to freedom of debate on all matters concerning 
Parliamentary business,” James was so enraged that he 
tore the ““ protest ” out of the Parliamentary Journal with 
his own hand, Parliament was dissolved, and several 
members were imprisoned. 
Fourth' Parliament. Continual quarrels arose on the 
King's foreign policy. The Commons declared that 
monopolies were illegal, 
II. In the Reign of Charles I. 
First Parliament. The Commons complained bitterly of 
Charles’s foreign policy, his leniency towards Roman 
Catholics, and of Buckingham’s bad government, Charles 
dissolves Parliament to save his favourite from a formal 
attack. 
Second Parliament. Charles rouses the indignation of 
the Commons by marking off some of the more out-spoken 
members of the last Parliament to serve as sheriffs, and 
50 preventing them from sitting in the House, He also 
foolishly attempts to keep the Earl of Bristol, Buckingham’s 
personal enemy, out of the House of Lords. 
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