Aristocratic Finances and the Origins of the Scottish Revolution

Brown, Keith M.

doi:10.1093/ehr/civ.ccccx.46

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“…7 This resulted in the establishment of powerful noble dynasties in Northern England, such as the Cliffords of Cumberland and the Percys of Northumberland. 8 During the sixteenth century, violence between the reiver families reached a new peak, as both English and Scottish wardens failed to control them-even during periods of peace-with "murthers, taking of prisoners, burning of houses, and taking of goodes and cattell." 9 But, in 1603 Elizabeth I died, and James VI also became James I of England and Ireland.…”

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Civil War and the Resurgence of Anglo-Scottish Border Mentalities in the British Middle Shires, 1639–1645

Griffin

2021

Hist. flux (Online)

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For centuries the Anglo-Scottish borderlands were a region of weak government, endemic violence, border fortresses, and periodic full-scale wars. After the 1603 Union of the Crowns joined Scotland with England and Ireland, James VI & I attempted to pacify the “Middle Shires” of his new realm of “Great Britain.” Despite an apparently successful pacification, using the resources of both the Scottish and English states, the outbreak of the British Civil Wars in 1638 resulted in the region once again becoming militarized. This militarization followed many of the characteristics of the pre-1603 border security system: the renovation of border fortresses, cross-border raids, powerful noble magnates with cross-border political alliances, and the theft or attempted theft of cattle as a means of waging war.

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Civil War and the Resurgence of Anglo-Scottish Border Mentalities in the British Middle Shires, 1639–1645

Griffin

2021

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“…Brown, ‘Aristocratic finances’, p. 48. For further discussion of implications of the price rise for noble finances, see ibid., pp.…”

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The sixteenth‐century price rise: new evidence fromScotland, 1500–85

Blakeway

2014

The Economic History Review

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This article contributes to the emerging belief among early modern economic historians that sixteenth‐century inflation was primarily caused by monetary factors. The Scottish case study reveals a strong relationship between coinage debasement and rising prices, a contention strengthened by the fact that the Scottish experience of inflation was high in European terms, and, in particular, stands at a considerable distance from the English pattern. This study includes the first scholarly examination of prices during the 1540s, and reveals that substantial inflation first emerged during this hitherto neglected decade. Prices plateaued during the 1550s, and rose consistently from 1560 to 1585. Meanwhile real wages declined during the 1540s and from 1560 onwards. This article is methodologically innovative in constructing two baskets of commodities, designed to represent the elite experience, alongside a more traditional basket based on a working household. These reveal the divergent experiences of the price rise within Scotland: rising prices hit the poor harder than the rich due to the high cost of domestic agricultural goods in the subsistence basket and the deflationary impact of wages and luxury goods upon the overall elite basket.

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“…Keith Brown dismissed the idea out of hand and Michael Lynch deemed it credible but of little importance. 56 The sceptics either fail to detect political stability in the period 1628-33, or remain unpersuaded that Menteith was as influential as claimed, or both.…”

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The Scottish Convention of Estates of 1630

Goodare¹

2014

The Scottish Historical Review

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Charles I summoned his Scottish estates three times before the Scottish revolution of 1638: in 1625, 1630 and 1633. This article examines the convention of estates of 1630, held one year after Charles had suspended his English parliament. Members of the convention agreed to renew the regular parliamentary taxation (though they refused to vote it for a longer period) and proved surprisingly co-operative over Charles's controversial revocation. However, there was a major explosion of opposition on religious grounds. Two presbyterian petitions attempted to sabotage the enforcement of the five articles of Perth, the crown's flagship liturgical policy; the petitions seemed likely to attract the support of a majority of the estates but were suppressed by high-handed government action. A resolution by the estates against the five articles of Perth might have had a similar effect to the House of Commons' resolutions of 1629 that led to the suspension of the English parliament. The article examines what is known about the dissidents and argues that continuity can be identified both with previous opponents of royal policy (notably in 1621) and with subsequent support for the National Covenant after 1638.

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Aristocratic Finances and the Origins of the Scottish Revolution

Cited by 21 publications

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Civil War and the Resurgence of Anglo-Scottish Border Mentalities in the British Middle Shires, 1639–1645

Civil War and the Resurgence of Anglo-Scottish Border Mentalities in the British Middle Shires, 1639–1645

The sixteenth‐century price rise: new evidence fromScotland, 1500–85

The Scottish Convention of Estates of 1630

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