Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Favourites
- Evidence that Favourites Undermined Him
- Carr had a relationship with
Thomas Overbury; who knew more
state secrets than the Privy Council
- Carr and his wife were suspects
in Overbury's murder
- Villiers was aggressive
- Villiers caused
scandal in the sale of
titles and honour
- Complete control of
patronage from crown
- Villiers; personified
everything that was wrong
with the political system
- Manipulate royal patronage
- Evidence of How
Much James'
Favourites Cost Him
- Paid for Carr's wedding
- Carr was given status and
property; Sherbourne
- £90,000 to Scots in gifts
and £10,000 in pensions
- Scots = £40,000
English £10,000
- Payed off favourites debts before his own
- £44,000
- Evidence that James was Homosexual
- Little doubt of the Kings homosexual
tendencies with George Villiers
- Villiers was knighted and made
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber
- Letters to the Duke
of Buckingham
- Paid for Carr's wedding
- Granted Carr a pardon, after
admitting to sharing state secrets
- Evidence that
James' Favourites
Helped him Govern
- Villiers; selling of titles,
new source of income
- Villiers; an able politician, so
helped James with factions etc
- Villiers relieved James of some
of the burdens of government