NOUN
- the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)
How To Use King James I In A Sentence
- When the Scottish King James I came to the throne he ordered that the heraldic red lion of Scotland be displayed on all buildings of importance including pubs.
- It was called Wotton-Underwood from its situation with respect to Bernwood forest, which was disforested by King James I.
- On the foliated capital are four coats of arms, and the first has the lion within the double tressure, and the armorial bearings are usually supposed to be those of King James II. (1436-1460); the second, impaled, of his Queen, Mary of Gueldres (1449-1463); the third has also the lion within the double tressure and a label of three points, which is held to denote a prince or heir, if not a younger son. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys
- Bolingbroke and the more reckless Tories were coquetting with the son of King James II.
- In 1687, shortly before he had finished writing his Principia, he actively opposed King James II's attempt to Catholicise the universities and other institutions.
- A Democratic assemblywoman peered 400 years back into history to King James I.
- Almost as soon as Virginia tobacco began to be shipped in commercial quantities to England, King James I levied a tax on it while agreeing to prohibit the growth of competing tobacco in England.
- Murless had started his career outside at Thirsk in Yorkshire where in 1612 on the Hambleton Hills the first horse races had taken place under the patronage of King James I. In 1794 one of the greatest thoroughbreds of all time was named after the place: “Hambletonian.” American Connections
- All hail the REAL KING JAMES not the self destructing playoff collapse of the other King James if you know what I mean. Quentin Tarantino Adds Avatar to His Top 11 Films of 2009 « FirstShowing.net
- In 1685 after King James II's coronation, a choirman, Charles Taylour, removed a gold cross and chain having seen it glint through a hole in the coffin.
