 In conjunction with its attempts to impeach Buckingham, this led to the king peremptorily dissolving parliament on 12 August.It was later judged to have bungled an attempt to clip the king's wings.After the parliament was dissolved, the king's favourites encouraged his belief in having a divine right to rule his kingdoms as he wished and urged him to do without the constitutional means of raising revenue, instead using arbitrary measures which in some cases were of uncertain lawfulness.