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| Birth of Ashley Cooper, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Anthony |  |
| Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper |
| Colonization Newfoundland Calvert | |
| Ferryland Founds a settlement in Ferryland County, Newfoundland |
| Constitution James I | |
| London Claims the right to punish any MP who commits a "misdemeanor" |
| 3rd Dec London Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning government" |
| Death of Seymour, Edward Seymour, Edward | |
| Death of Edward Seymour |
| Death of Tounson, Robert Tounson, Robert | |
| Death of Robert Tounson |
| Election Compton, Spencer | |
| Ludlow Elected Member of Parliament for Ludlow |
| Impeachment Bacon, Francis | |
| 3rd May London Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office |
| Lord Chancellor Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor |
| Master of the Robes Compton, Spencer | |
| Appointed Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales |
| Parliament Opening James I | |
| London Opens Parliament for the 1st time in 6 yrs |
| London Opens Parliament to fund a war in Europe but it makes a grant to the Protestants |
| Parliament Privileges James I | |
| London Claims the right to punish any MP who commits a "misdemeanor" |
| London Rebuked by Parliament, had ordered MPs not to "meddle" in affairs of State |
| 1st Dec London Asked by Parliament to defend German Protestants |
| 1st Dec London Asked by Parliament to find a Protestant wife for the Prince of Wales |
| 3rd Dec London Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning government" |
| 30th Dec London Tears out the Parliament's protestations from the Commons journal |
| Peerage Bacon, Francis | |
| 3rd Feb Created Viscount St Alban |
| Peerage Greville, Alan Francis | |
| Created Baron Brooke, 1st |
| Trial of Bacon Bacon, Francis | |
| London Confesses to bribery in chancery suits, fined œ40,000, later remitted by the King |
| 3rd May London Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office |
