HIST 3573 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Millenary Petition, Spanish Inquisition, Thirty-Nine Articles
4 Sep 2016
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The stuart age notes weeks 1 & 2. 1603 end of the tudor dynasty, beginning of the 17th century. Went from elizabeth ( ) to james ( ) Common law (custom, statute, and judicial laws) Court of king"s bench (king & public) 4 justices each 1 chief & 3 puny. Circuit system justices travel circuit twice a year to get out to the counties. Covers own governing costs (like hell they do) Wardship: major baron dies with an underage heir. The crown takes possession of the boy/girl and the land until they are 18. But in the girl"s case they often sell them to the highest bidder for marriage. Notion that the crow can pay its own way is gone and elizabeth was at war from. 1588-1603 with spain: this equals serious problems with the budget , the war interrupted customs duties, taxation can no longer be extraordinary.
