James I, King of England
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
James I · the King my father
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Charles I's father and predecessor as King of England, referred to obliquely as 'the King my father'.
for they will remember how happy they have been of late years under the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, the King my father, and myself, until the beginning of these unhappy troubles, and will have cause to doubt, that they shall never be so happy under any new:
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
King of England (1603-1625) under whose reign the legal rate of interest was reduced to 8 per cent by statute.
, and this remained the legal rate until reduced to 8 per cent.