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365: 185:, on 8 December; the register describes him as "Mr. Richard James, that most famous antiquary". James was unmarried. Some of his early poems are addressed to a lady, whom he styles Albina, afterwards the wife of Mr. Philip Wodehouse. 54:, of which he had been elected scholar, and graduated from there B.A. on 12 October 1611 and M.A. on 24 January 1615. On 30 September 1615 he was elected probationary fellow of his college, and on 7 July 1624 graduated B.D. 177:, the only church preferment which he ever held. After Sir Robert Cotton's death in 1631 James remained in the service of his son, Sir Thomas, at whose house in Westminster he died early in December 1638 of a 142:
and his ministers were roused, and James, with Cotton and others, was imprisoned by order of the privy council in the autumn of 1629. He was probably released, with the other defendants, on the birth of the
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James left a number of manuscripts, which at his death passed into the possession of Thomas Greaves, with whose library they were acquired in 1676 for the
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The Lives of John Selden, Esq., and Archbishop Usher; With Notices of the Principal English Men of Letters with Whom They Were Connected
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in 1628 he acknowledged in his preface the assistance he had received from James. James had already been introduced to
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After taking holy orders James set out on a long series of travels. Starting in Wales and Scotland, they extended to
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Vis et Sapientia: Studia in Honorem Anisavae Miltenova: Нови Извори, Интерпретации и Подходи в Медиевистиката
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and himself, claiming that neither of them were responsible for the pamphlet coming into the possession of
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Ralph Cleminson. “Richard James: Priest, Poet, Political Prisoner, Librarian and Lexicographer”,
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was his uncle. Richard was educated at Newport Grammar School, and matriculated as a commoner at
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Anglicans, Puritans, and Quakers in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Newfoundland
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Reasons concerning the unlawfulness of Attempts on the Lives of Great Personages.
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the manuscript tract on the bridling of parliaments, written in 1612 by
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On 22 October 1629 James was presented to the sinecure living of
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James wrote a letter pleading for his case to be reconsidered by
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James, Richard (1629–1630). "Unpublished manuscript letter".
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He had a wide circle of scholarly friends. They included
107:In the latter part of 1624 James was employed with 78:. His notes about that journey (found in 1840s in 136:Sir Robert Dudley, titular duke of Northumberland 99:. James had returned to Oxford by January 1623. 325:. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 8: 384:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 91:In November and December 1618 he was at 289: 158:. James protests the innocence of both 456:17th-century English Anglican priests 305: 303: 301: 299: 297: 295: 293: 7: 212:(to whom he addressed a poem on his 16:English scholar, poet and librarian 354:. State Papers Domestic: SP16/152. 183:St. Margaret's Church, Westminster 14: 337:"Department of Religious Studies" 486:English male non-fiction writers 381:Dictionary of National Biography 363: 322:Dictionary of National Biography 115:, and when Selden published his 214:Staple of Niews first presented 1: 127:are in James's handwriting. 502: 258:The Poems of Richard James 111:in the examination of the 34:Richard James was born in 451:English religious writers 150:Whilst imprisoned in the 130:In July 1629 he lent to 160:Sir Robert Bruce Cotton 121:Sir Robert Bruce Cotton 74:in 1618 as chaplain to 316:"James, Richard"  52:Corpus Christi College 48:Exeter College, Oxford 36:Newport, Isle of Wight 352:The National Archives 40:Durrington, Wiltshire 466:English antiquarians 156:Charles I of England 125:Cottonian collection 95:. In 1622 he was in 218:Sebastian Benefield 181:. He was buried in 117:Marmora Arundeliana 481:English male poets 461:English librarians 248:series, edited by 198:De Jure Majestatis 430:Iter Lancastrense 415:978-619-7372-00-7 402:. 1812. pp 374–5. 268:, the edition of 262:Iter Lancastrense 242:Iter Lancastrense 240:In 1636 he wrote 206:Sir Henry Spelman 76:Sir Dudley Digges 493: 385: 367: 366: 356: 355: 347: 341: 340: 333: 327: 326: 318: 307: 190:Sir Kenelm Digby 85:Time of Troubles 80:Bodleian Library 501: 500: 496: 495: 494: 492: 491: 490: 441: 440: 424: 392: 390:Further reading 373: 364: 360: 359: 349: 348: 344: 335: 334: 330: 309: 308: 291: 286: 266:The Muses Dirge 246:Chetham Society 238: 202:Monarchy of Man 171:Little Mongeham 152:Tower of London 147:, 29 May 1630. 145:Prince of Wales 113:Arundel marbles 105: 60: 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 499: 497: 489: 488: 483: 478: 473: 468: 463: 458: 453: 443: 442: 439: 438: 433: 423: 422:External links 420: 419: 418: 417:, pp. 698–740. 403: 391: 388: 387: 386: 376:James, Richard 358: 357: 342: 328: 313:, ed. (1892). 288: 287: 285: 282: 237: 234: 230:Thomas Greaves 222:Thomas Jackson 194:Sir John Eliot 164:Oliver St John 132:Oliver St John 104: 101: 59: 56: 31: 28: 24:Cotton library 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 498: 487: 484: 482: 479: 477: 474: 472: 469: 467: 464: 462: 459: 457: 454: 452: 449: 448: 446: 437: 434: 432: 431: 426: 425: 421: 416: 412: 408: 404: 401: 397: 394: 393: 389: 383: 382: 377: 371: 370:public domain 362: 361: 353: 346: 343: 338: 332: 329: 324: 323: 317: 312: 306: 304: 302: 300: 298: 296: 294: 290: 283: 281: 279: 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 255: 254:A. B. Grosart 251: 250:Thomas Corser 247: 243: 235: 233: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 186: 184: 180: 179:quartan fever 176: 172: 167: 165: 161: 157: 153: 148: 146: 141: 137: 133: 128: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 102: 100: 98: 94: 89: 87: 86: 81: 77: 73: 70:. He went to 69: 65: 57: 55: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 29: 27: 25: 21: 20:Richard James 429: 406: 399: 379: 351: 345: 331: 320: 273: 265: 261: 257: 241: 239: 213: 201: 197: 187: 168: 149: 129: 116: 106: 97:Newfoundland 90: 83: 61: 44:Thomas James 33: 19: 18: 476:1638 deaths 471:1592 births 311:Lee, Sidney 226:Brian Twine 109:John Selden 445:Categories 396:John Aikin 284:References 256:published 210:Ben Jonson 103:Later life 30:Early life 140:Charles I 68:Greenland 58:Traveller 428:Text of 278:Bodleian 270:Hoccleve 64:Shetland 372::  93:Breslau 72:Muscovy 413:  228:, and 236:Works 411:ISBN 200:and 175:Kent 66:and 378:". 216:), 204:), 447:: 398:. 319:. 292:^ 280:. 264:, 232:. 224:, 220:, 208:, 192:, 173:, 166:. 42:. 26:. 374:" 339:.

Index

Cotton library
Newport, Isle of Wight
Durrington, Wiltshire
Thomas James
Exeter College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College
Shetland
Greenland
Muscovy
Sir Dudley Digges
Bodleian Library
Time of Troubles
Breslau
Newfoundland
John Selden
Arundel marbles
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
Cottonian collection
Oliver St John
Sir Robert Dudley, titular duke of Northumberland
Charles I
Prince of Wales
Tower of London
Charles I of England
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
Oliver St John
Little Mongeham
Kent
quartan fever
St. Margaret's Church, Westminster

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