4th Parliament of King James I

The parliament was referred to as『Fælix Parliamentum』or the "Happy Parliament" by Sir Edward Coke.^[2] The three previous parliaments of James I had been a source of conflict and the King's opening address to the Commons commented on the "desire of all parties to forget past disagreements." However the parliamentary session was clouded by mutual suspicion and nearly every speech made tacit or explicit comments with reference to previous sessions.^[3] Charles, Prince of Wales and the Duke of Buckingham used the Parliament to aid their push for a war against Spain. Buckingham and Charles played a large role in ensuring the impeachmentofLord High Treasurer Lionel Cranfield, who was opposed to a war for financial reasons.^[4]

The Fourth Parliament sat for only one session (labelled in statutes as "21 James I"), which ran from 19 February 1624 to 29 May 1624. Its second session was scheduled to start on 2 November 1624, but it was prorogued before opening to 16 February 1625 then again to 15 March and once more to 20 April. However, before that last date arrived, King James I died (27 March 1625), and the Fourth Parliament was dissolved.^[5]

• Statute of Monopolies 1623
• Common Informers Act 1623
• Intrusions Act 1623
• Forcible Entry Act 1623
• Limitation Act 1623
• Crown Lands Act 1623

• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1624
• List of acts of the 4th Parliament of King James I
• List of parliaments of England
• Duration of English parliaments before 1660

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• Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 187.

• Thrush, Andrew (2010), "The Parliament of 1624", in Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, Cambridge University Press
• Baker, Philip (12 February 2018), 1624 Proceedings: The House of Commons, Blog at WordPress.com