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
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
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...
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, 1994, pp. 1-113.
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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, 1994, pp. 1-113.
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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.
(probably of bronchitis or pneumonia); James VI of Scotland succeeded her as James I
of England.
Neale, J. E. Queen Elizabeth. J. Cape, 1934.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Cultural formation
Lady Arbella Stuart
As a descendant of Henry VII
and a niece of Mary Queen of Scots
, LAS
belonged to the highest possible rank and was close enough to lines of succeession to the thrones both of...
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...