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Why was Thomas Wentworth imprisoned by Charles I?

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Charles I made him sheriff of Yorkshire in order to exclude him from the Parliament of 1626, but Wentworth continued his opposition and was imprisoned (1627) for refusing to pay the forced loan.

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