Magnum Concilium
In the autumn of 1640 Charles I summoned the first Magnum Concilium in generations , having dissolved the Short Parliament and suffered defeats in the Bishops' Wars against Scotland . The Concilium offered Charles a guaranteed loan of £200 , 000 sterling to pay the army and attempted unsuccessfully to negotiate with the Scots , but it declined to resume its ancient governing role , and urged Charles instead to summon a new Parliament . Since then the Concilium has not met . 
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