Summary of Extravagance, Corruption and Scandal

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History AS (Crown, Parliament and Authority) (James I) Mind Map on Summary of Extravagance, Corruption and Scandal, created by Katie Difford on 12/04/2013.
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Summary of Extravagance, Corruption and Scandal
  1. Extravagence
    1. James spent money he didn't have
      1. £185,000 on jewels
        1. £36,000 on clothes in one year
        2. Spent double what Elizabeth did
          1. £1,000,000 debt by the time he died
            1. Rise of £507,000 in debt in 5 years
              1. Held masques
                1. Spent a lot to show his family had the right to live in magnificance
                  1. Prince Henry £25,000 a year on his expenditure
                    1. Royal wardrobe (£36,000 in 1610)
                  2. Corruption
                    1. Tried to get money from other sources; impositions
                      1. Carr pardoned to prevent spilling beans
                        1. Attacking a royal minister
                          1. James under pressure from court factions, had to let Bacon fall. Charged with 20 counts of corruption
                            1. Sales of Baronet titles
                              1. Buckingham
                              2. Scandal
                                1. James paid Scots so the parliament would not give him money
                                  1. Patronage on lovers
                                    1. Addled Parliament
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