King James I · Atlas

in the texts

The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–166019th Century · English

The late King James I, whose reign and final illness feature throughout the articles as the source of the Duke's advancement and, in article 13, the victim of the Duke's unauthorized medical interference.

while the poor estate of those for whom such unnecessary advancement hath been procured is apparently likely to be more and more burdensome to the King;

d the commons declaration and impeachment against ¶

he the said Duke in or about the month of December, in the eighteenth year of the reign of the late King James of famous memory, did procure of the said King the office of High Treasurer of England to the Lord Viscount Mandeville, now Earl of Manchester;

d the commons declaration and impeachment against ¶

he the said Duke did, in or about the month of January, in the sixteenth year of the late King James, of famous memory, give and pay unto the Right Honourable Charles then Earl of Nottingham, for the office of Great Admiral of England and Ireland, and the principality of Wales, and office of the General Governor of the seas and ships, to the intent that the said Duke might obtain the said offices …

d the commons declaration and impeachment against ¶

The Genius of the Common Law20th Century · English

Monarch who, with Bacon, prevailed over Coke in the historic conflict between common-law courts and the Chancery.

Anyhow, the battle of judgments and injunctions in which King James I and Bacon finally had their will of Coke seems to us nowadays a battle fought very long ago.

vi alliance and conquest ¶