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The powers of Parliament of England

During the early year of the 1600s King James and his son Charles would struggle for power with Parliament. The struggle lasted until 1640 when civil war broke out, leading to the beheading of Charles I. The house of Parliament stated three rules to the king that they wanted.

"First, that we held not privileges of right , but of grace only, renewed every parliament by way of donature upon petition, and so to be limited. Secondly, That we are no Court of Record, not a Court that can command view of records but that our proceeding here are only to act and memorials, and that the attendance with the records is courtesy, not duty. Thirdly and lastly, That the examination of the return of writs of knights and burgesses of the House is without our compass, and due to the Chancery."

The House of Commons wrote a letter to the king of England that the people should be under rule of Parliament not the king. The people were hoping for this......

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