When he forced through the 1618 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland his Five Articles of Perth, measures intended to bring the worship and government of the Church of Scotland into line with the Church of England, he met with strong opposition. Look upon all Englishmen who shall come to visit you, as your loving subjects, not with ceremoniousness as towards strangers but with heartiness which at this time they deserve.”

James enjoyed the pomp and circumstance of the English court, and returned to Scotland only once, in 1617. He liked to boast that he now ruled his northern kingdom with a stroke of his pen, but in his later years he lost something of his grasp of the Scottish situation. Donaldson, Gordon (1974), Mary, Queen of Scots, London: English Universities Press, ISBN 978-0-3401-2383-6 When the Earl of Salisbury died in 1612, he was little mourned by those who jostled to fill the power vacuum. [m] Until Salisbury's death, the Elizabethan administrative system over which he had presided continued to function with relative efficiency; from this time forward, however, James's government entered a period of decline and disrepute. [158] Salisbury's passing gave James the notion of governing in person as his own chief Minister of State, with his young Scottish favourite Robert Carr carrying out many of Salisbury's former duties, but James's inability to attend closely to official business exposed the government to factionalism. [159] demonstrate a detailed and critical command of the body of knowledge concerning the ideas and writings of James VI & I

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A crypto-Catholic was someone who outwardly conformed to Protestantism but remained a Catholic in private. Nicholls, Mark (2004). "Rookwood, Ambrose (c. 1578–1606)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/24066 . Retrieved 13 August 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Hunter, James (2000), Last of the Free: A History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Edinburgh: Mainstream, ISBN 978-1-8401-8376-4

James survived two conspiracies in the first year of his reign, despite the smoothness of the succession and the warmth of his welcome: the Bye Plot and Main Plot, which led to the arrest of Lord Cobham and Walter Raleigh, among others. [92] Those hoping for a change in government from James were disappointed at first when he kept Elizabeth's Privy Councillors in office, as secretly planned with Cecil, [92] but James soon added long-time supporter Henry Howard and his nephew Thomas Howard to the Privy Council, as well as five Scottish nobles. [92] [g] demonstrate in seminar discussions, presentations, research reports and essays originality and independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers; and a considerable degree of autonomy

Velde, Francois, Proclamation by the King, 24 March 1603, heraldica.org , retrieved 9 February 2013. James I also quarreled with Parliament over taxation and political matters. He believed in the “divine right of kings”—that is, that they receive their powers from God and are responsible to Him alone. Thus it was not surprising that he took the position that Parliament owed all its powers and privileges to the graciousness of the king, while Parliament claimed that these powers and privileges were the “birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England.” James wished to ally with the Catholic country of Spain and to marry his son Charles to a Spanish princess. Parliament wanted to fight Spain at sea and thus aid the German Protestants in the Thirty Years’ War. In March 1605, Archbishop Spottiswood wrote to James warning him that sermons against bishops were being preached daily in Edinburgh. [139]