Timeline
o 1625 27 March - Death of James I and succession of Charles I
o 13 June – Marriage of Charles I to French Catholic, Henrietta Maria
o June – Charles I’s first Parliament (T+P granted for 1 year only)
o September – Cadiz expedition (Humiliating failure)
o 1626 – Forced loan
o February- York House conference (Arminian ideological debate)
o -Second Parliament
o May – Attempted impeachment of Buckingham
o 1627 October – First Expedition to La Rochelle
o November – Five nights case
o 1628 March – Charles Calls His third Parliament
o June – The Petition of Right
o June – Charles Prorogues Parliament
o 23 August -Buckingham assassinated
o - Wentworth becomes Lord President of the Council of the North
o 1629 20 January – Charles recalls Third Parliament
o 2 March - Third Parliament dissolved and personal rule begins (black rod)
o - Peace with France
o - All Scottish subjects made to kneel to take communion in their parish
church at least once a year
o 1630 – Peace with Spain
o 1631 January – Book of Orders
o - Popish soup monopoly granted
o 1632 – Publication of Histiomastix
o - Death of Sir John Eliot
o 1633 – Laud becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
o - Altar controversy (Looks catholic)
o - Book of sports re-issued (offended puritans)
o - Abolition of the Feoffees for Impropriations
o July – Wentworth Promoted to the Role of Lord Deputy of Ireland
o 1634 – All Scottish Bishops made JP, later extended to England (Politicisation of the
Clergy)
o - Book of Rates reissued
o - Irish Parliament manoeuvred into voting 6 subsidies (Violating the Graces)
o - 39 Anglican articles were introduced into the Irish Church
o October – Ship money levied on coastal towns and cities
o 1635- Book of Rates revalued
o - Ship money extended to all of England
o -Archbishop Spottiswoode becomes Lord Chancellor of Scotland (Politicisation
of clergy)
o 1636 – New set of Scottish Canons published by Charles
o - For God and the King by Henry Burton published
, o 1637- The Letany by John Bastwick was published
o - Trial and punishment of Prynne, Bastwick and Burton
o - Book of common pray introduced in scotland
o 23 July – Prayer Book riot in St Giles’ Cathedral
o November – Hampden case
o - Formation of the Tables
o 1638 February – Non conformity made treasonous
o - Scottish National Covenant
o November – General Assembly and Parliament suspend the prayer book, canons and
episcopacy
o 1639 – First Bishops War
o - Recall of Wentworth from Ireland
o 18 June – Pacification of Berwick
o 1640 13 April – Opening of the Short Parliament
o 5 May – Dissolution of Short Parliament
o July – Second Bishops War
o August – Petition of the Twelve Peers
o September – Charles calls the Council of Peers which meet in York
o October – Treaty of Ripon signed with the covenanters
o 3 November – Opening of the Long Parliament
o - Star Chamber abolished by Habeas Corpus Act 1640
o - Ship money repealed by Ship money Act 1640
o - Strafford impeached
o December – Laud impeached
o - Prynne, Bastwick and Burton were released from prison
o - Roots and Branch petition presented to commons
o 1641 February – Triennial Act
o 19 April – Charles orders offices to return to their troops
o 3 May – News breaks of the Army plot
o 6 May – Protestation Oath issued
o 10 May – Act against dissolution
o 12 May – Execution of Wentworth (Under Act of attainder)
o 24 June – Ten Propositions presented to Parliament by Pym
o August – Charles travels to Scotland
o October – Outbreak of Irish Rebellion
o 12 October - The ‘incident’ (Charles attended the Edinburgh Parliament accompanied
by an armed force, but plot leaked and its targets escaped)
o - Grand remonstrance passed in HOC(only by 159 votes to 148)
o November – The Additional Instruction
o - Charles returns from Scotland
o 7 December – Sir Arthur Haselrig introduces the Militia Bill
o 29 December – The lords accepted a commons vote of impeachment against Bishops
o 1642 3 January – Failed arrest of the 5 members
o 1625 27 March - Death of James I and succession of Charles I
o 13 June – Marriage of Charles I to French Catholic, Henrietta Maria
o June – Charles I’s first Parliament (T+P granted for 1 year only)
o September – Cadiz expedition (Humiliating failure)
o 1626 – Forced loan
o February- York House conference (Arminian ideological debate)
o -Second Parliament
o May – Attempted impeachment of Buckingham
o 1627 October – First Expedition to La Rochelle
o November – Five nights case
o 1628 March – Charles Calls His third Parliament
o June – The Petition of Right
o June – Charles Prorogues Parliament
o 23 August -Buckingham assassinated
o - Wentworth becomes Lord President of the Council of the North
o 1629 20 January – Charles recalls Third Parliament
o 2 March - Third Parliament dissolved and personal rule begins (black rod)
o - Peace with France
o - All Scottish subjects made to kneel to take communion in their parish
church at least once a year
o 1630 – Peace with Spain
o 1631 January – Book of Orders
o - Popish soup monopoly granted
o 1632 – Publication of Histiomastix
o - Death of Sir John Eliot
o 1633 – Laud becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
o - Altar controversy (Looks catholic)
o - Book of sports re-issued (offended puritans)
o - Abolition of the Feoffees for Impropriations
o July – Wentworth Promoted to the Role of Lord Deputy of Ireland
o 1634 – All Scottish Bishops made JP, later extended to England (Politicisation of the
Clergy)
o - Book of Rates reissued
o - Irish Parliament manoeuvred into voting 6 subsidies (Violating the Graces)
o - 39 Anglican articles were introduced into the Irish Church
o October – Ship money levied on coastal towns and cities
o 1635- Book of Rates revalued
o - Ship money extended to all of England
o -Archbishop Spottiswoode becomes Lord Chancellor of Scotland (Politicisation
of clergy)
o 1636 – New set of Scottish Canons published by Charles
o - For God and the King by Henry Burton published
, o 1637- The Letany by John Bastwick was published
o - Trial and punishment of Prynne, Bastwick and Burton
o - Book of common pray introduced in scotland
o 23 July – Prayer Book riot in St Giles’ Cathedral
o November – Hampden case
o - Formation of the Tables
o 1638 February – Non conformity made treasonous
o - Scottish National Covenant
o November – General Assembly and Parliament suspend the prayer book, canons and
episcopacy
o 1639 – First Bishops War
o - Recall of Wentworth from Ireland
o 18 June – Pacification of Berwick
o 1640 13 April – Opening of the Short Parliament
o 5 May – Dissolution of Short Parliament
o July – Second Bishops War
o August – Petition of the Twelve Peers
o September – Charles calls the Council of Peers which meet in York
o October – Treaty of Ripon signed with the covenanters
o 3 November – Opening of the Long Parliament
o - Star Chamber abolished by Habeas Corpus Act 1640
o - Ship money repealed by Ship money Act 1640
o - Strafford impeached
o December – Laud impeached
o - Prynne, Bastwick and Burton were released from prison
o - Roots and Branch petition presented to commons
o 1641 February – Triennial Act
o 19 April – Charles orders offices to return to their troops
o 3 May – News breaks of the Army plot
o 6 May – Protestation Oath issued
o 10 May – Act against dissolution
o 12 May – Execution of Wentworth (Under Act of attainder)
o 24 June – Ten Propositions presented to Parliament by Pym
o August – Charles travels to Scotland
o October – Outbreak of Irish Rebellion
o 12 October - The ‘incident’ (Charles attended the Edinburgh Parliament accompanied
by an armed force, but plot leaked and its targets escaped)
o - Grand remonstrance passed in HOC(only by 159 votes to 148)
o November – The Additional Instruction
o - Charles returns from Scotland
o 7 December – Sir Arthur Haselrig introduces the Militia Bill
o 29 December – The lords accepted a commons vote of impeachment against Bishops
o 1642 3 January – Failed arrest of the 5 members
