Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . liot was locked up in the Tower and kept therethree years, until he died; two others were imprisoned foreleven years. 164. Eleven years without a Parliament, 1629-40.—Charlesnow devoted his whole attention to two things which hethought concerned most hisdignity as an absolute sovereign:the raising of money without aParliament, and the establish-ment of the doctrines andcustoms of the English church,including the use of the prayerbook, throughout his d
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . liot was locked up in the Tower and kept therethree years, until he died; two others were imprisoned foreleven years. 164. Eleven years without a Parliament, 1629-40.—Charlesnow devoted his whole attention to two things which hethought concerned most hisdignity as an absolute sovereign:the raising of money without aParliament, and the establish-ment of the doctrines andcustoms of the English church,including the use of the prayerbook, throughout his was concluded with Franceand Spain. He and his mini-sters used many methods forfining the royal treasury. Oneway was by granting mon-opolies, an old abuse of thepreceding century; from thisone source the king obtained£200,000. The Star Chamberwas made an instrument of the kings tyranny, and, forslight offences, people were compelled by it to pay enormousfines. One of the chief supporters of the king was EarlStrafford, who, as Sir Thomas Wentworth, had formerlybeen one of the most active leaders on the side of Earl Strafford 166 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1629-40 He was sent to Ireland as lord deputy, and his vigorousmeasures there soon gave him absolute control of thecountry. The aim of his policy, which he called Thorough,was to make the king supreme. It would take too long to describe all the illegal devicesfor raising money, such as pulling down houses built withoutroyal license and doubling the duty on imports, butthe tax known as ship-money was of special im-portance. In early times ships had been furnished by theseaport towns to be used by the king in protecting their tradeagainst pirates. About 1634 the pirates of Algiers beganto attack English shipping, and the Dutch naval power wasbecoming dangerously strong; a larger navy was first called on the seaports to furnish and equipa certain number of ships, or, if they preferred, to
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