Petition of Right
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The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill
The Petition of Right
Randolph Crewe, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who was dismissed by Charles I for refusing to declare the "forced loans" legal
Edward Coke, former Chief Justice who led the Committee that drafted the Petition, and the strategy that passed it
Charles I, c. 1628
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
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The Wars of the Three Kingdoms is the collective term for a series of conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in England, Scotland, and Ireland, then separate entities in a personal union under Charles
Petition of Right
…to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. It was part of a wider conflict between Parliament and the Stuart monarchy that led to the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, ultimately resolved in the 1688–89 Glorious Revolution. Following a series of disputes with Parliament over granting taxes, in 1627 Charles I imposed…
Charles I by Anthony van Dyck, painted 1635–1636
The spark, a riot in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, reputedly started by Jenny Geddes throwing a wooden stool
King Charles I and Prince Rupert before the Battle of Naseby
The English and Scots armies lovingly embrace each other.