Stuart Britain Key Dates: James I

1603

James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England

1603

Millenary Petition

1604

Hampton Court Conference

1604

Bancroft become Archbishop of Canterbury

£100,000

Crown debt in 1603

January 1604

Hampton Court Ecclesiastical conference meets

August 1604

The Anglo-Spanish Treaty of London

September 1604

Bancrofts Canons

1604-1607

James’ proposal to unite England Scotland causes parliamentary outcry in England

November 1605

The Gunpowder Plot

1606

The Bates Case

1608

A new Book of Rates is published and collection of impositions begins in order to counteract the amount of debt the crown was in.

1608

Cecil appointed Lord Treasurer

1609

12 year truce between Spain and the United Provinces signed

1610

The Great Contract proposed by Robert Cecil falls through because neither James nor Parliament would agree to it, MPs in parliament clash over impositions

£160,000

Crown debt by 1610

1611

Baronetcies are created and sold for £11,095 each

The King James Bible is published

1611

Abbott become Archbishop of Canterbury

1612

Prince Henry, James’ eldest son, dies leaving Charles as heir to the throne

1613

Princess Elizabeth marries Elector Palatine Frederick

1614

“The Addled Parliament” falls apart over impositions

1614

Cockayne Project

1616

James I’s favourite Robert Carr and his wife are convicted of the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury

Villiers becomes James’ main favourite and is made Viscount

1617

Villiers becomes Earl

1618

Lord Treasurer Suffolk is sacjed after being found guilty of financial corruption

The Thirty Years War begins

The Scottish Kirk accepts the Five Articles of Perth

Villiers becomes Marquis

1619

Elector Palatine Frederick is crowned king of Bohemia

Villiers is appointed Lord High Admiral

1620

Elector Palatine Frederick suffers defeat at the Battle of White Mountain near Prague

1621

Parliament meets for the first time since 1614

James bans parliamentary discussion of foreign policy

Francis Bacon is impeached by Parliament for taking bribes

Cranfield is appointed Lord Treasurer

1618-1623

The Spanish match

1623

George Villiers is made Duke of Buckingham

The Madrid Trip

1624

“The Happy Parliament” meets, approves impositions, opposes demands for war, and impeaches Cranfield

Anglo-French treaty is signed

The Monopolies Act

1625

James dies