. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . English crown. This juristic conten-tion, however, aroused little popular enthusiasm, nor did Arabellaherself covet the crown. James I treated her well on his accession,and, though usually poor, she lived at his Court in spite of herdislike for its inane gaieties. In 1603 a conspiracy was formed byRaleigh and Cobham to place her on the throne, but at the trialCecil declared her innocence of it, of which there can be no refused various offers of marriage from foreign princes, butin 1609 she was summoned before the Council on
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . English crown. This juristic conten-tion, however, aroused little popular enthusiasm, nor did Arabellaherself covet the crown. James I treated her well on his accession,and, though usually poor, she lived at his Court in spite of herdislike for its inane gaieties. In 1603 a conspiracy was formed byRaleigh and Cobham to place her on the throne, but at the trialCecil declared her innocence of it, of which there can be no refused various offers of marriage from foreign princes, butin 1609 she was summoned before the Council on the suspicion thatshe was intriguing to marry some unknown person. James dis-missed her with a promise that she might marry any of his ownsubjects. Arabella took advantage of this to promise her hand toyoung William Seymour, although she had been previously arrestedby Elizabeths orders owing to the rumour of such an objection to the match was that Seymour, being the grandsonof Katharine Grey, was also a descendant of Henry VII, and that his. W ayso o o *i
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