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No.1 The Monitor on foreign army funds and royal trust
The article recalls how a large foreign army funded by English estates strained royal finances and provoked distrust toward the king. It cites the act of settlement forbidding war abroad without Parliament consent and warns against military expeditions paid by subjects. It notes the king’s continental venture damaged credit and public confidence.
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Monitor
Plantagenets
Great Britain
Henry III