Lockhart, John Gibson, and William Mathie Parker. The Life of Sir Walter Scott. J. M. Dent, 1957.
413
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 Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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... |
| Literary Setting | Lady Louisa Stuart | The letters are set in the reign of James I of England and VI of Scotland
. They embody a connected story about a man's attempt to land a young heiress as his bride. |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Carola Oman | She sent her first sonnets to magazines under the name of C. Oman, and the rejection slips came in addressed to her father. There was not much Women's Lib. in my early days. Oman, Carola. An Oxford Childhood. Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. 89 |
| Occupation | Cicely Bulstrode | As lady-in-waiting to Anne of Denmark
, James I
's queen, from 1607, CB
became for the last two years of her short life part of the court's social circle. |
| politics | Anne Lady Southwell | This expedition seems to have constituted involving herself in Court politics in connection with the succession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne as James I
. She travelled (like other ladies) to... |
| 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 |
| politics | Lady Arbella Stuart | LAS
came from Derbyshire to the court at London, enjoying new freedom under the new monarch, James I
. 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. 44-5 |
| Author summary | Elizabeth Melvill | EM
was a staunch Scottish Presbyterian
whose surviving poems and letters almost all relate to the efforts of James the Sixth and First
to impose episcopacy and other changes on the Kirk. Their religious content... |
| Publishing | Elizabeth Melvill | 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 qtd. in Laroche, Rebecca. “Elizabeth Melville and Her Friends: Seeing ‘Ane Godlie Dreame’ through Political Lenses”. CLIO, Vol. 34 , No. 3, 1 Mar.–31 May 2005, pp. 277-95. 287 |
| 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. 236 |
| Reception | Carola Oman | 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. Oman, Carola. An Oxford Childhood. Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. 145-9 |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| Textual Features | Lady Arbella Stuart | 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. Stuart, Lady Arbella. The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart. Editor Steen, Sara Jayne, Oxford University Press, 1994. 119 |
| 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... |
Timeline
14 February 1613: Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I, married...
National or international item
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.
Lee, Sophia. The Recess. Editor Alliston, April, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
352n23, 21
1 November 1614: Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair was...
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1 November 1614
Ben Jonson
's comedy Bartholomew Fair was performed before James I
, to whom it was dedicated, by the Lady Elizabeth's Servants
.
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Collinson, Patrick. “Saints on Sundays, Devils All the Week after”. London Review of Books, 19 Sept. 2002, pp. 15-16.
15
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
.
Woolf, Daniel. The Idea of History in Early Stuart England. University of Toronto Press, 1990.
119
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.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
139
Fraser, Antonia. The Weaker Vessel: Woman’s Lot in Seventeenth Century England. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984.
448-9
This date is given variously by different sources...
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.
Larkin, James F., and Paul Hughes. Royal Proclamations of King James I, 1603-1625. Clarendon, 1973.
572-4
27 March 1625: James I (James VI of Scotland) died, and...
National or international item
27 March 1625
James I
(James VI of Scotland) died, and his son Charles I
assumed the throne.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
425
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
44
Morrill, John. “The Stuarts (1603-1688)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 286-51.
304
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
10ff
23 August 1628: Charles I's favourite George Villiers, 1st...
National or international item
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.
Morrill, John. “The Stuarts (1603-1688)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 286-51.
304
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
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.
Journals of the House of Commons. Printed by order of the House of Commons.
22: 651
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison. Selections from the Tatler and Spectator. Editor Ross, Angus, Penguin, 1982.
529n
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).
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2 (1756): 385-404
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
24 (1754): 533; 29 (1759): 133
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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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Gordon, Miss. A Guide to the Genealogical Chart of English and Scottish History. 2nd ed., John Souter, 1838, p. 60 pp.
The Bodleian
catalogue ascribes this to L. Gordon.
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