After the Long Parliament was purged in 1648, the Rump Parliament brought charges against this king
The Trial of King Charles I  Defining Moment for our Constitutional Liberties
:... [DOC] [TLE] English Puritanism and The Puritan Revolution [PAR] After James I [2] became king of England in 1603, Puritan leaders asked him ... 
Charles, however, lacked the money to fund an army for a new war against the 
Scots.