Example sentences of "of james [num] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happened , the Stewart kings between 1406 and 1542 had married wives of considerable personality and , except in the case of Margaret Tudor , skill ; in the power-sharing between Mary of Gueldres , widow of James II , and the then elder statesman , James Kennedy , bishop of St Andrews , during the early years of James III 's minority , for example , it was the Queen Mother who pursued a much more intelligent foreign policy towards England than the bishop . |
| 2 | It is therefore no surprise that in the minority of James V the Scots turned with relief to the fact that this time there actually was a close royal relative , John duke of Albany , son of James III 's brother ; brought up in France , because of his rebellious father 's exile , Albany was invited to Scotland as regent . |
| 3 | This doubt allowed the possibility of a claim by his rival , Matthew Stewart , earl of Lennox , even though by the rules of primogeniture Arran had the stronger case ; for he was descended from the son of James II 's daughter Mary , whereas Lennox was descended from her daughter . |
| 4 | In 1686 the English envoy to the States General , Bevil Skelton [ q.v. ] , and some of James II 's army officers attempted to kidnap Peyton and bring him back to England , but failed , and the affair caused a diplomatic incident . |
| 5 | Ferguson , in fact , had been fiercely critical of those Dissenters who had taken advantage of James II 's Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 ; by 1690 , however , he had turned Jacobite . |
| 6 | At the time of James II 's accession in 1685 , according to a Quaker petition , there were 1,460 Friends in prison . |
| 7 | This was seen at the very moment of James V 's death . |
| 8 | His father , Giovanni , fled Lucca in 1567 because of his Reformed faith , and lived subsequently in France , Antwerp , Germany , and then London , where , during the first years of James I 's reign , he founded an influential merchant-banking house with his son-in-law , Philip Burlamachi [ q.v . ] . |