 In Parliament , a political crisis developed over the king 's policy of seeking a Spanish wife for Charles , Prince of Wales , as part of a proposed alliance with the Habsburgs . In the Parliament of 1621 , it fell to Calvert to advocate the " Spanish match " , as it came to be called , against the majority of Parliament , who feared an increase in Catholic influence on the state . As a result of his pro @-@ Spanish stance and defence of relaxations in the penal laws against Catholics , Calvert became estranged from many in the Commons , who were suspicious of his close familiarity with the Spanish ambassador 's court . Calvert also faced difficulties in his private life : his wife 's death on 8 August 1622 left him the single father of ten children , the oldest of whom , Cecil , was sixteen years old . 
 In Parliament , a political crisis developed over the king <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>policy of seeking a Spanish wife for Charles , Prince of Wales , as part of a proposed alliance with the Habsburgs . In the Parliament of 1621 , it fell to Calvert to advocate the " Spanish match " , as it came to be called , against the majority of Parliament , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>feared an increase in Catholic influence on the state . As a result of his pro @-@ Spanish stance and defence of relaxations in the penal laws against Catholics , Calvert became estranged from many in the Commons , <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> suspicious of his close familiarity with the Spanish ambassador <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>court . Calvert also faced difficulties in his private life : his wife <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>death on 8 August 1622 left him the single father of ten children , the oldest of whom , Cecil , was sixteen years old . 
In Parliament , a political crisis developed ova the king  policy of seeking a Spanish wife fir Charles , Prince of Wales , as part of a proposed alliance witt the Habsburgs . In the Parliament of 1621 , it fell to Calvert to advocate the " Spanish match " , as it came to be called , against the majority of Parliament , feared an increase in Catholic influence on the state . As a result of his pro @-@ Spanish stance and defence of relaxations in the penal laws against Catholics , Calvert became estranged from many in the Commons , was suspicious of his close familiarity with da Spanish ambassador  court . Calvert also faced difficulties in his private life : his wife  death on 8 August 1622 left him tdasingle father of ten children , the oldest of whom , Cecil , was sixteen years old .