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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 descending | Excerpt |
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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. |
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) Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 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. Fraser, Antonia. The Weaker Vessel: Woman’s Lot in Seventeenth-Century England. Methuen. 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 |
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... |
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 |
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 | 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... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Lucy Hutchinson | 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... |
Textual Production | Aemilia Lanyer | 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 |
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... |
Textual Production | Catharine Macaulay | 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. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 16 (1763): 321 |
Textual Production | Catharine Macaulay | 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. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 23 (1767): 81 |
Textual Production | Catharine Macaulay | 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... |
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... |
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...
Women writers item
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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