Going into the 1620s, James I was in an extremely precarious financial situation, his poverty forcing England to remain at peace. He was completely disillusioned with the House of Commons, which had a dominant faction intent on containing his royal prerogative powers. And the king, by doing everything he could so as not to have to summon Parliament, was all the more reliant on funding himself with his unpopular prerogative powers — among them, the use of monopoly patents.
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Going into the 1620s, James I was in an extremely precarious financial situation, his poverty forcing England to remain at peace. He was completely disillusioned with the House of Commons, which had a dominant faction intent on containing his royal prerogative powers. And the king, by doing everything he could so as not to have to summon Parliament, was all the more reliant on funding himself with his unpopular prerogative powers — among them, the use of monopoly patents.