The Political and Financial Grievances that Accumilated in England during the Personal Rule of Charles I In 1640, at the start of the Long Parliament, all methods of the Personal Rule of Charles I were abolished, this was due to the grievances caused during the Personal Rule, especially political and financial ones. After ruling on his own during the Personal Rule, Charles was desperate for money and had annoyed many people, these grievances had all built up during this time. One of the first political grievances that built up during the Personal Rule of Charles, was that Charles wouldn’t call parliament and ruled on his own, which the Gentry did not like, as they thought parliament should be called so that they could get their views across to the King. Another grievance that the Gentry did not agree with, was the fact that Wentworth and Laud, two of Charlies’ advisors were not from the Gentry and traditionally he was supposed to rely on the aristocracy for advice but to save money he sent them and their entourage away from the court and back to their land. Laud and Wentworth were chosen by Charles because they had similar beliefs to him on order and uniformity. Wentworth was hated so much he became known as ‘black Tom tyrant’. Laud was a Royal chaplain in 1611, Bishop of London in 1628 and Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 and this resulted in Charles mixing religion and politics together. He issued a Book of Orders which revised the Poor Laws, this helped the poor, however it irritated the gentry because this was not the central governments job, and they were interfering in the local governments business. It has become noticeable that there would have been no financial grievances if there were not any political, if Charles had never decided to rule on his own without Parliament. The grievances all stem from Charles not having enough money to cater for his expensive lifestyle and tastes. One of the first was the problem with tonnage and poundage, during the time when parliament was established; they