Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion
CHAPTER XVIII.
REIGN OF JAMES I (_concluded_).
Reign of Favourites--Robert Carr--His Marriage--Death of Overbury--Venality at Court--The Addled Parliament--George Villiers--Fall of Somerset--Disgrace of Coke--Bacon becomes Lord Chancellor--Position of England Abroad--The Scottish Church--Introduction of Episcopacy--Andrew Melville--Visit of James to Scotland--The Book of Sports--Persecution of the Irish Catholics--Examination into Titles--Rebellion of the Chiefs--Plantation of Ulster--Fresh Confiscations--Quarrel between Bacon and Coke--Prosperity of Buckingham--Raleigh's Last Voyage--His Execution--Beginning of the Thirty Years' War--Indecision of James--Despatch of Troops to the Palatinate--Parliament of 1621--Impeachment of Bacon--His Fall--Floyd's Case--James's Proceedings during the Recess--Dissolution of Parliament--Reasons for the Spanish Match--Charles and Buckingham go to Spain--The Match is Broken Off--Punishment of Bristol--Popularity of Buckingham--Change of Foreign Policy--Marriage of Charles and Henrietta Maria--Death of James 448