Charles, however, continued to collect unauthorised tonnage and poundage duties, and this action became a chief complaint of Charles'failed Parliament of 1629 . When Charles moved to adjourn the Parliament, members held the speaker, John Finch, in his seat until three resolutions could be read, one of which declared anyone who paid unauthorised tonnage and poundage to be a betrayer and enemy of England.
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Charles, however, continued to collect unauthorised tonnage and poundage duties, and this action became a chief complaint of Charles'failed Parliament of 1629 . When Charles moved to adjourn the Parliament, members held the speaker, John Finch, in his seat until three resolutions could be read, one of which declared anyone who paid unauthorised tonnage and poundage to be a betrayer and enemy of England.
