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England in 1629

Historical records for England in 1629, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
6Events
3Named people
2Places
2Categories

Historical records

March

5 March 1629Arrest of Nine Members of ParliamentCharles I

London · House / House of Stewart

Has 9 MPs arrested

5 March 1629ParliamentCharles I

London · Government / Government of England

Appoints Laud & Wentworth as advisers to rule without Parliament

10 March 1629ParliamentCharles I

London · Government / Government of England

Charles raises money by fines imposed by star Chamber & selling monopolies

10 March 1629ParliamentCharles I

London · Government / Government of England

Parliament does not open again for 11 yrs

August

9 August 1629Capture of QuebecCharles I

Quebec · House / House of Stewart

Quebec is temporarily surrendered to the English

November

November 1629Appointment to Privy CouncilThomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st

London · Government / Government of England

Wentworth joined the Privy Council and became a central supporter of royal government.

Other Events

1629Arrest of HollesHolles Ifield, 1st

London · Government / Government of England

Imprisoned for holding the Speaker down for adjoutning Parliament at the King's order

1629SpeechCharles I

London · House / House of Stewart

Addresses Parliament for the 1st time but fails to raise funds for a war with Spain

Names involved

Charles IHolles Ifield, 1stThomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st

Places involved

LondonQuebec

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.