By Pauline Croft
Pauline Croft's transparent and concise learn presents a story of the reign of King James VI and that i in his dominions of britain, eire, and Scotland, including an authoritative research of his awesome, even though fallacious, achievements. Croft emphasizes the inter-relationships among family and international coverage, non secular tensions at domestic and out of the country, finance and parliamentary politics, whereas additionally discussing the king's writings, his own lifestyles, and his method of the issues posed by means of a number of monarchy. King James is the 1st account of the monarch to put him within the context of all his kingdoms.
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The king also called an extraordinary General Assembly to meet him in Perth, to underscore both his sole right of summons and, by implication, the privileges he could bestow on towns other than Edinburgh. However, the tumults of 1596 seem to have convinced both the king and the mainstream membership of the kirk that a working consensus must be rebuilt. Thereafter, James paid the expenses of 30 King James moderate ministers to ensure that they attended meetings of the General Assembly, while after 1600 the pattern of delegation was altered to ensure a more representative gathering.
The king also used the gift of pensions and other forms of patronage to cement the bonds of loyalty between the Crown and leading noblemen. The 1590s were an exceptionally difficult decade economically, and James genuinely desired to prevent Scots noble houses from falling into ruin, although his generosity exacerbated his own financial difficulties (see pp. 40–1). The problem of unruly nobles was made more complex as a result of James’s pursuit of allies in his quest to succeed Queen Elizabeth.
The Huntly-Lennox wedding ate up over 5 per cent of the royal household’s annual expenditures, a sign that James regarded them as part of his wider family. 30 In short, Huntly was a favourite. Like most of the nobility, Huntly had little love for Chancellor Maitland who occupied an office previously reserved for members of the nobility. In 1587 Huntly and the protestant earl of Bothwell (nephew of Mary Queen of Scots’ third husband) called unsuccessfully for Maitland’s dismissal. At the height of the international crisis of 1588, James appointed Huntly as the captain of the royal guard, only to learn in 1589 that Huntly and the catholic earls of Errol and Angus were in treasonous correspondence with Spain.