James, Elinor (c. 1645–1719)
James, Elinor (c. 1645–1719)
British printer and political writer. Name variations: Eleanor James. Born c. 1645 in England; died in 1719; m. Thomas James, London printer.
Wrote and printed over 90 pamphlets and broadsides on political, religious and commercial issues; interviewed Charles II and James II and admonished George I; published Vindication of the Church of England (1687); petitioned Parliament about legislation concerning the printer trades, among other matters; was committed to Newgate for "dispersing scandalous and reflective papers" which condemned William III for accepting the crown (1689).
More From encyclopedia.com
James Ii (england) , James II (king of England, Scotland, and Ireland)
James II, 1633–1701, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1685–88); second son of Charles I, bro… James I (england) , James VI (1566–1625), king of Scotland (1567–1625) and, as James I, king of England (1603–25), was the son of Mary, queen of Scots, whose enforced ab… Henry James (author) , William James; became British citizen, 1915. Education: The Richard Pulling Jenks School, New York; traveled with his family in Europe from an early… William James , JAMES, WILLIAM
(1842–1910)
William James, the American philosopher and psychologist, was born in New York City to Mary Robertson Walsh James and Henr… James I (scotland) , James I
James I
BORN: June 19, 1566 • Edinburgh, Scotland
Scottish king
The first king of a united England and Scotland, James I brought relative pea… Stuart , Stuart (British royal family)
Stuart or Stewart, royal family that ruled Scotland and England. The Stuart lineage began in a family of hereditary ste…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
James, Elinor (c. 1645–1719)