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1534 : Act of Supremacy: the monarch (Henry VIII) is officially named head of the Church of England 1553 : Mary I becomes queen ( B , p. 20) 1555 : Marian exile: some Protestants go into exile, many to Geneva to escape persecution ( B , pp. 20, 22) 1628 : Petition of Right ( B , p. 27) 1634–8 : Controversy over Ship Money ( B , pp. 36–7) 1637 : William Prynne, Bastwick, and Burton punished by Court of High Commission for their puritan writings and sermons ( B , pp. 64, 69) Imposition of a Book of Common Prayer on the Scots ( B , p. 28) 1638 : National Covenant ( B , p. 28) 1639 : First Bishops' War ( B , p. 29) 1640 : Apr.-May, Short Parliament ( B , pp. 32–3) July-Sept., the Scottish army invades northern England in Second Bishops' War ( B , p. 35) Nov. 3, Long Paliament opens ( B , pp. 71, 120) Nov. 10, Strafford impeached ( B , pp. 64–6) Dec. 18, Archbishop Laud impeached ( B , p. 72) 1641 : Feb. 16, Triennial Act: parliament to meet at least every three years ( B , pp. 73–4) May 10, Act Against Dissolution (of parliament without its consent) ( B , pp. 74, 117) May 12, Strafford executed ( B , pp. 66, 69, 71) July, High Commission and Star Chamber abolished ( B , p. 74) Aug., Charles goes to Scotland and settles dispute with the Scots ( B , p. 78) Fall, Irish rebel against Protestant settlers ( B , p. 79) Nov., Charles is welcomed back to London by its citizens ( B , p. 80) ... log in or subscribe to read full text