King James I of England and VI of Scotland

Jean Plaidy opened by this name a Stuart series with The Murder in the Tower, a historical novel on the affair of Frances Howard, Countess of Essex and later of Somerset , with Robert Carr

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

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...

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.

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.

QEI wrote twenty surviving letters to her cousin and eventual successor, James VI of Scotland , whose mother she held so long in captivity.

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...

This first letter by AS provides family news, thanks her grandmother for a token and sends in exchange some of her hair and a pot of jelly made by her servant. Later her letters...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 (though...