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

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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 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
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
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.
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
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 .
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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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...
Publishing Elizabeth Melvill
The title-page this time shows the royal arms. This undated edition is associated by Rebecca Laroche with the Hampton Court Conference of Anglican bishops at which James I pronounced No Bishop, no King
Laroche, Rebecca. “Elizabeth Melville and Her Friends: Seeing ‘Ane Godlie Dreame’ through Political Lenses”. CLIO, Vol.
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Reception Carola Oman
After the performance of CO 's The Tragedy of King James I (apparently a different juvenile play), senior members of the cast gave her a beautifully-set typescript of the text as a souvenir.
Oman, Carola. An Oxford Childhood. Hodder and Stoughton.
145-9
Reception Lady Mary Wroth
LMW wrote to assure Buckingham , the king 's favourite, that she meant no offence to the court by her book, yet offering to withdraw it.
Wroth, Lady Mary. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth. Editor Roberts, Josephine A., Louisiana State University Press, http://BLC.
236
Residence Grace, Lady Mildmay
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...
Residence Lady Eleanor Douglas
Lady Eleanor Davies (later LED ) and her husband Sir John Davies returned to England from Ireland; he had fallen out with James I and lost his job.
Cope, Esther S. Handmaid of the Holy Spirit: Dame Eleanor Davies, Never Soe Mad a Ladie. University of Michigan Press.
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Textual Features Jeanette Winterson
Winterson conjures up an England ruled by a king, James I , obsessed with stamping out the twin evils of witchcraft and Catholicism . She identifies the original group on the hill with poor women...
Textual Features Norah Lofts
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...

Timeline

14 February 1613: Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I, married...

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14 February 1613

Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I , married Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine: known as Elizabeth of Bohemia or the Winter Queen, she was a great patron of women writers in English.

1 November 1614: Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair was...

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1 November 1614

Ben Jonson 's comedyBartholomew Fair was performed before James I , to whom it was dedicated, by the Lady Elizabeth's Servants .

By 8 June 1615: Antiquary and historian William Camden anonymously...

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By 8 June 1615

Antiquary and historian William Camden anonymously published the first part of his Annales, a Latin history of the reign of Queen Elizabeth .

About 1616: Forceps for use in childbirth were invented...

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About 1616

Forceps for use in childbirth were invented by a member of the Chamberlen family, probably Peter Chamberlen the Elder ; they were kept a secret.

1624: James I issued a proclamation (culmination...

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1624

James I issued a proclamation (culmination of a series) aimed at getting nobles to leave London and return to their estates.

27 March 1625: James I (James VI of Scotland) died, and...

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27 March 1625

James I (James VI of Scotland) died, and his son Charles I assumed the throne.

23 August 1628: Charles I's favourite George Villiers, 1st...

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23 August 1628

Charles I 's favourite George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (whose daughter Lady Mary, later Duchess of Richmond, is widely identified as the poet Ephelia ), was assassinated at Portsmouth.

24 March 1736: The repeal of the English and Scottish laws...

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24 March 1736

The repeal of the English and Scottish laws against witchcraft (dating from the beginning of James I 's reign and making it a capital offence) received the royal assent.

By November 1754: David Hume published at Edinburgh the first...

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By November 1754

David Hume published at Edinburgh the first volume of his History of Great Britain (called in most later editions The History of England).

1838: Miss Gordon in A Guide to the Genealogical...

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1838

Miss Gordon in A Guide to the Genealogical Chart of English and Scottish History, published this year, set out to prove Queen Victoria 's Scottish ancestry.

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