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Stuart England.
§
New customs impositions.
§
Sale of monopolies.
§
Expansion of peerage.
§
Packing the House of Lords.
§
James: a baronet for
£
1,095; price
later falls to
£
220.
§
Loans secured under threat.
§
Purveyance.
§
Charles I seizes
£130,000 of bullion
stored in the Tower of London (1640).
King Charles I (ruled 1625-1641).
Stuarts seek revenue outside parliamentary control.
