August 1633
Laud appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
initiated vigorous campaign to restore the wealth of the Church to pre - Reformation levels
impose unformity of worship throughout the kingdom
King Charles I supported this - apparently unaware of the hostility and resentment aroused amongst his subjects - PURITANS
1637
Book of Common Prayer
Scottish church had always been puritan and used different church services from those in England
In 1637, he ordered the Scots to use a new prayer book like the one used in England
Precipitated the Civil War (1642 -1646)
1637 (hint : ears cut off)
June 1637
Wiliam Prynne , John Bastwick and Henry Burton were sentenced fines imprisoned and to lose their ears for criticising Laudian innovations in pamphlets
1638
National Convenant , February 1638
Rejected the attempt by King Charles I and Laud to force the Scottish Church to conform to English liturgical practice and church governance .
1639
First Bishops War
caused by Scots reaction against King Charles I attempt to reform the Scottish Church
Covenanters became dominant political and religious force in Scotland
1639 - (treaty negotiations)
Pacification of Berwick (June 1639)
Demands made for ratification acts of The Glasgow Assembly
King conceded that church matters in the future should be governed by assemblies, but was adamant in his refusal to ratify the Glasgow Assembly of 1638
1641 (HINT : tree)
Root and Branch Petition , December 1640
Called for the abolition of Bishops from the Church of England and its reform ‘root and branch’ was presented to Parliament