...Account of the Hampton Court Conference. The The occasion of this conference was this. Immediately on the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, the puritans who had intrigued in. vain, during the preceding reign, to get the church modelled to...

...abandoned the island, Scotland was subjected to its own chiefs, princes and parliament. In the year 1 603, by the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, England and Scotland were united under the same prince. In the year 1 706, the union became complete...

...Reflections upon the conduct of England towards Ireland, from the time of Henry to that of James. 9 _I>Y the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England a very important change was effected in the government of those two kingdoms. James was peculiarly...

...Scotland and England, or the whole of Great Britain, now fell under the dominion of one sovereign, by the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England. He derived his title from being the grandson of Margaret eldest daughter of Henry VII. and, on the...

...what is called the Authorised Version. This version was published in 1611, being a few years after the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England. In the article to which I refer, I think — for I have it not before me — that I gave the names...

...within the Queen's dominions. So much so, that not even the town of Calais in France was excepted. The accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, did not, however, render Scotland subject to the writ, because our Courts have no power to send the...

...story of Geffrey of Mon mouth, — the colonization of Britain by Brutus and his three sons. ' Upon the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, a controversy arose between the heralds of the two nations respecting the priority of right to the...

...was formed at Theobalds, in the time of Queen Elizabeth. They were however a very feeble band until the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England. On his arrival he was entertained at Theobalds, in the sumptuous mansion of the Cecils, to which he...

...which ensued. We are reminded of the sickening sycophancy of the bishops displayed ages afterwards on the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England. In him they fostered a pedantic tyranny, and a low duplif ity which he taught to his son, and which...

...form of the oaths effectually exclude them, as the words are, ' On the true faith of a Christian.' On the accession of James VI. of Scotland to the throne of England, rather a nice question respecting naturalisation arose ; viz., whether the inhabitants of Scotand generally,...