Stuart, Lady Arbella. “Introduction and Textual Introduction”. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart, edited by Sara Jayne Steen et al., Oxford University Press, pp. 1-113.
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King James I of England and VI of Scotland
Standard Name: James I of England and VI of Scotland, King
Used Form: King James the First
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Author summary | Elizabeth Melvill | EM
was a staunch Scottish Presbyterian
whose surviving poems and letters almost all relate to the efforts of James the Sixth and First
to impose episcopacy and other changes on the Kirk. Their religious content... |
| politics | Anne, Lady Southwell | This expedition seems to have constituted involving herself in Court politics in connection with the succession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne as James I
. She travelled (like other ladies) to... |
| politics | Lady Arbella Stuart | LAS
came from Derbyshire to the court at London, enjoying new freedom under the new monarch, James I
. |
| politics | Mary Ward | Her plan at once sparked opposition. On 26 May 1613 the English Ambassador at Brussels wrote viciously against the women to James I
, and hostility escalated over the next two years. Chambers, Mary Catharine Elizabeth. The Life of Mary Ward (1585-1645). Editor Coleridge, Henry James, Burns and Oates. 1: 366-7, 291-2, 302, 318 |
| Occupation | Cicely Bulstrode | As lady-in-waiting to Anne of Denmark
, James I
's queen, from 1607, CB
became for the last two years of her short life part of the court's social circle. |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Carola Oman | She sent her first sonnets to magazines under the name of C. Oman, and the rejection slips came in addressed to her father. There was not much Women's Lib. in my early days. Oman, Carola. An Oxford Childhood. Hodder and Stoughton. 89 |
| Literary Setting | Lady Louisa Stuart | The letters are set in the reign of James I of England and VI of Scotland
. They embody a connected story about a man's attempt to land a young heiress as his bride. Lockhart, John Gibson, and William Mathie Parker. The Life of Sir Walter Scott. J. M. Dent. 413 |
| Literary Setting | Isabella Neil Harwood | The first play, Arabella Stuart, is a historical romance set at the court of King James I
, following the love affair of Arabella (or Arbella)
, the king's cousin and a possible claimant... |
| Literary responses | Bathsua Makin | An anecdote relates how King James
, on having the author presented to him as a prodigy with an account of her great learning, responded in the most banal way possible: But can she spin... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Arbella Stuart | LAS
gave James I
an ultimatum: either he should find her a husband, or she would find one herself. Stuart, Lady Arbella. “Introduction and Textual Introduction”. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart, edited by Sara Jayne Steen et al., Oxford University Press, pp. 1-113. 63 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ephelia | Lady Mary's father, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
, politician and art collector, was well-known as James I
's favourite, and after his assassination on 23 August 1628 remained well-known for the manner of his death. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Arbella Stuart | LAS
and William Seymour
were married against the King
's express command, at 4 a.m. in her lodgings in Greenwich Palace near London. Stuart, Lady Arbella. “Introduction and Textual Introduction”. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart, edited by Sara Jayne Steen et al., Oxford University Press, pp. 1-113. 65 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Melvill | EM
's father was Sir James Melvill or Melville
of Halhill, Collessie, near Auchtermuchty in Fife, Scotland. Halhill was the site of a tower. Sir James's family was famous for loyalty to the... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Alice Sutcliffe | Among his successive positions at court, John Sutcliffe was squire to James I
. He described himself (or perhaps an older namesake) in 1627 as an ancient servant of the Duke of Buckingham
, husband... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anne Halkett | AH
's mother, born Jane Drummond
, had (like her father) a job as teacher to the children of James I
. She died in August 1647. Halkett, Anne, and Ann, Lady Fanshawe. “Note on the Text; A Chronology of Anne, Lady Halkett”. The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, edited by John Loftis, Clarendon Press, pp. 3-7. 5 |
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