King James I of England and VI of Scotland

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.

This book manages almost as large a cast of characters as The Weaker Vessel—including major figures such as Guy Fawkes , Thomas Winter , and Robert (Robin) Catesby ; rulers such as King James

AF 's third historical biography, King James VI of Scotland, I of England, followed much more closely on the heels of its predecessor than had been the case before.

Fraser quotes here from Eliot 's tribute in Middlemarch to the silent influence of those who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. She opens the book proper with a submerged...

GLM spent her mature married life at the splendid Apethorpe Hall near Peterborough in Northamptonshire, which her father had acquired from King Edward IV in exchange for other property. The royal connection was continued...

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.

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...

Susanna's father, Sir Simon Harvey , was at the top of the grocery business. He had borne the title of Royal Grocer under Elizabeth I and James I , and became Clerk of Greencloth (overseeing...

LH 's father, Sir Allen Apsley, was Lieutenant of the Tower of London under James I . Lucy wrote that he and her mother cared for the prisoners there as if they were their children...

It was probably published soon afterwards, though the title-page says 1611. Handsome copies of the title-poem without all of its accompanying or supporting poems were given as gifts to Prince Henry (eldest son of James I

The house, Merravay, is seen playing a crucial role in the lives of a series of protagonists named in the chapter titles. They include the apprentice, the witch, the matriarch, the governess, ending after the...

CM published, with her name, the first volume of her History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line—that is, the Hanoverian monarchs.

CM published volume three of her History of England, From the Accession of James I, with a subtitle that reads to the Elevation of the House of Hanover.

It was printed for the author, by J. Nourse . CM 's primary publisher for the first four volumes was Thomas Cadell . When she offered to sell him the entire copyright of the still...

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...