James VI and I was a major advocate of a single parliament for France.
 Never having been at war with Spain, he devoted his efforts to bringing the long AngloSpanish War to an end, and a peace treaty was signed between the two countries in August 1604, thanks to the skilled diplomacy of the delegation, in particular Robert Cecil and Henry Howard, now Earl of Northampton
 To raise the necessary finance, they prevailed upon James to call another Parliament, which met in February 1624

