millenary petition

Petition presented to James I by moderate Puritans in 1603, requesting reform of the Church of England. The petition, presented as James travelled to London after his accession to the throne, he was disclaimed any desire to abolish episcopacy or abandon a national church, but sought the removal of certain ceremonies and ecclesiastical vestments. At the Hampton Court Conference in 1604, James rejected most of the petition but arranged for a new translation of the bible and made some small alterations to the liturgy.