Hithergrass
Decisions at Court, Effects at Home
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Early in the 17th century, in the English West Country, there was talk of a king out of touch with his subjects, intent on defending the honour of the country in the disastrous Buckingham Wars, instead of attempting to undo the harm he had done to the cattle and cloth trades.
"...the decay in the cloth trade and the cattle business had created a shortage of money in the West Country and rendered the populace desperate. The Mayor of Wells, reiterating the plight of the cloth industry, the increase in the number of the poor, and the threat of riots, declared that the people were willing to spend their blood but could spend no more than a small sum."
pp. 264-5 "Vexed and Troubled Englishmen" Carl Bridenbaugh
Decisions at Court, Effects at Home
Two images. One here: imgur.com/a/OJ0PU6f
Early in the 17th century, in the English West Country, there was talk of a king out of touch with his subjects, intent on defending the honour of the country in the disastrous Buckingham Wars, instead of attempting to undo the harm he had done to the cattle and cloth trades.
"...the decay in the cloth trade and the cattle business had created a shortage of money in the West Country and rendered the populace desperate. The Mayor of Wells, reiterating the plight of the cloth industry, the increase in the number of the poor, and the threat of riots, declared that the people were willing to spend their blood but could spend no more than a small sum."
pp. 264-5 "Vexed and Troubled Englishmen" Carl Bridenbaugh