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, 1979, pp. 3-7.
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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 | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Susanna Hopton | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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. |
| Textual Production | Antonia Fraser | 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. Whitaker’s Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1988–2003. (1988) Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Antonia Fraser | 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. qtd. in Fraser, Antonia. The Weaker Vessel: Woman’s Lot in Seventeenth-Century England. Methuen, 1985. xiii |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Antonia Fraser | 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 |
| Cultural formation | Ephelia | If this was Ephelia, she grew up in an extremely wealthy, noble family and an incomparably privileged environment, with King James I
her honorary grandfather as well as her godfather, and with fine literature produced... |
| 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/. |
| death | Queen Elizabeth I | At 3 a.m. QEIdeparted this lyfe, mildly like a lambe, easily like a ripe apple from the tree Brett, Simon, b. 1945, editor. The Faber Book of Diaries. Faber, 1987. Neale, J. E. Queen Elizabeth. J. Cape, 1934. 390 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Douglas | The earliest known tract or prophecy by Lady Eleanor Davies (later LED
) seems to have begun with a commentary on books 7-12 of the Book of Daniel, which she meant to present to... |
| 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, 1992. 23 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Lady Anne Clifford | The king
undertook to mediate on the estates which LAC
claimed; she told him she would not accept a verdict against her. Clifford, Lady Anne. The Diary of Anne Clifford, 1616-1619: A Critical Edition. Editor Acheson, Katherine O., Garland, 1995. 66-8 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Lady Anne Clifford | Mother and daughter felt completely assured of LAC
's right to the Clifford property, as well as to four castles in Westmorland that had formed part of her mother's jointure (that is, property allotted to... |
| Textual Production | Selina Bunbury | Coombe Abbey: An Historical Tale of the Reign of James the First, a story about the kidnapping of the young Elizabeth of Bohemia
that was planned to accompany the gunpowder plot of 1605, became... |
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