" It also protested the billeting
of soldiers in private houses and martial law trying soldiers and
sailors. If these terms were agreed to by the King, he was to be
given a good sum of money. Since he needed the money, he yielded.
He expected tonnage and poundage for the Navy for life, as was the
custom. But he got it only for one year, to be renewable yearly.
The King agreed to the petition, quietly putting his narrow
interpretation on it, and it was put into the statute book.
In 1629 Parliament distinguished between treason to the king and
treason to the Commonwealth.
The Chief Justice held in 1638 that acts of Parliament to take
away the King's royal power in the defense of his kingdom were
void; the king may command his subjects, their persons, their
goods, and their money and acts of Parliament make no difference.
But the people refused to pay these taxes.
Charles thought of more ways to obtain money and disregarded his
agreement to the Petition of Right.
Without the consent of Parliament, he extended ship money to all
the kingdom instead of just the ports. It was used to outfit ships
for the protection of the coasts. Hampden refused to pay it on
principle and the courts ruled against him in the case of King v.
John Hampden and he was sent to prison. When distraints were
tried, the common people used violence to prevent them. The
bailiffs were pelted with rocks when they came to distrain.
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