Petition_Of_Right

Petition Of Right The Petition of Right, 1628 What is the Petition of Right' What is the origin and why was it given to King Charles in 1628. The Petition of Right is a declaration of the `rights and liberties of the subject', conceived by Sir Edward Coke in response to the conflict between Charles I and Parliament over the extent of the royal prerogative. Some of the privileges that Parliament wanted was: It stated parliamentary grievances and forbade the levying of taxes without parliamentary consent, arbitrary imprisonment, forced billeting, and martial law. Charles eventually assented to the Petition but insisted that he was merely confirming ancient rights and not conceding new ones. Charles I had several conflicts with Parliament before his reign that lead to suspicions from Members of Parliament. Parliament had problems with Charles I and Buckingham back in 1624 when James was still King of England. James wanted to avoid a religious war with France and Spain. James wanted a truce. He sent Charles and Buckingham off to France and Spain to try and marry off the Prince, in an attempt to form an alliance and prevent war. Members of Parliament petition, right, parliament, charles, king, money, buckingham, war, james, forced, people, 1628, sir, france, without, tried, tax, spain, out, wanted, members, england, make, calling, between, led, law, coke, 1627, very, try, time, taxes, start, spanish