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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Textual Production
Lady Arbella Stuart
The latest surviving letter-writing by LAS
consists of several overlapping drafts of a petition she addressed to James I
, begging him not to believe malicious rumours against her.
Stuart, Lady Arbella. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart. Editor Steen, Sara Jayne, Oxford University Press, 1994.
263-6
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...
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, 1882, 2 vols.
1: 366-7, 291-2, 302, 318
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...
Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Mary Wroth
LMW
's husband
succeeded to his father's estate, Loughton House at Loughton in Essex, where the king
sometimes visited for hunting.
Hannay, Margaret P. Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth. Ashgate, 2010.
133
Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219.
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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, 1983, http://BLC.