Summary
400 Years Ago BRISTOL historian John Latimer was upset by abuses of power - non more so than by a ruling monarch.
King James I was scarcely seated on his new throne, he writes, before he set up a claim to absolute power to override the privileges of Parliament and the laws of the realm. This was fated to lead to an eventful struggle with a tragic result to his successor.See the full content of this document
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King Abused His New-Found Powers
The king's first great innovation was the imposition of customs duties on almost all kinds of merchandise and this was followed by illegal extortion under which merchants were compelled to pay large sums in defaul...
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