See also:SIR See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:LANCASTER (f1. 1591—1618)
, See also:English navigator and statesman, one of the foremost pioneers of the See also:British See also:Indian See also:trade and See also:empire
.
In See also:early See also:life he fought and traded in See also:Portugal
.
On the loth of See also:April 1 591 he started from See also:Plymouth, with See also:Raymond and Foxcroft, on his first See also:great voyage to the See also:East Indies; this See also:fleet of three See also:ships is the earliest of English oversea Indian expeditions
.
Reaching Table See also:Bay (1st of See also:August 1591), and Iosing one See also:ship off Cape See also:Corrientes on the 12th of See also:September, the See also:squadron rested and refitted at See also:Zanzibar (See also:February 1592), rounded Cape See also:Comorin in May following, and was off the See also:Malay See also:Peninsula in See also:June
.
See also:Crossing later to See also:Ceylon, the crews insisted on returning See also:home; the voyage back was disastrous; only twenty-five See also:officers and men reappeared in See also:England in 1594
.
See also:Lancaster himself reached See also:Rye on the 24th of May 1594; in the same See also:year he led a military expedition against See also:Pernambuco, without much success; but his Indian voyage, like See also:Ralph See also:Fitch's overland explorations and trading, was an important See also:factor in the See also:foundation of the East See also:India See also:Company
.
In 1600 he was given command of the company's first fleet (which sailed from Torbay towards the end of April 16o1); he was also accredited as See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth's See also:special See also:envoy to various Eastern potentates
.
Going by the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope (1st of See also:November 1601) Lancaster visited the Nicobars (from the 9th of April 1602), See also:Achin and other parts of See also:Sumatra (from the 5th of June 1602), and See also:Bantam in See also:Java; an See also:alliance was concluded with Achin, a factory established at Bantam and a commercial See also:mission despatched to the See also:Moluccas
.
The return voyage (loth of February to 11th of September 1603) was speedy and prosperous, and Lancaster (whose success both in trade and in See also:diplomacy had been brilliant) was rewarded with See also:knighthood (See also:October 1603)
.
He continued to be one of the See also:chief See also:directors of the East India Company till his See also:death in May 1618; most of the voyages of the early See also:Stuart See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time both to India and in See also:search of the See also:North-See also:West passage were undertaken under his See also:advice and direction; Lancaster See also:Sound, on the north-west of See also:Baffin's Bay (in 740 20'N.), was named by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Baffin aftertion by withdrawing for a time from any See also:share in the See also:government
.
However, in the summer of 1378, he commanded in an attack on St Malo, which through no See also:fault of his failed
.
To add to this misfortune, during his See also:absence some of his supporters
See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (See also:July 1616)
.
102-110,
See See also:Hakluyt, See also:Principal Navigations, vol. ii. pt. ii. pp
.
vol. iii. pp
.
708-715 (1599) ; See also:Purchas, Pilgrims, vol. i. pt. ii
.
pp
.
147-164; also The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster
.
. . to the
violated the See also:sanctuary at See also:Westminster
.
He vindicated himself somewhat bitterly in a See also:parliament at See also:Gloucester, but still avoiding a prominent See also:part in the government, accepted the command on the Scottish border
.
He was there engaged when his See also:palace of the See also:Savoy in" See also:London was burnt during the peasants' revolt in June 1381
.
See also:Wild reports that even the government had declared him a traitor made him seek See also:refuge in See also:Scotland
.
See also:Richard had, however, denounced the calumnies, and at once recalled his See also:uncle
.
See also:John's self-See also:restraint had strengthened his position, and he began again to think of his See also:Spanish See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme
.
He urged its undertaking in parliament in 1382, but nearer troubles were more urgent, and John himself was wanted on the Scottish border
.
There he sought to arrange See also:peace, but against his will was forced into an unfortunate See also:campaign in 1384
.
His See also:ill-success renewed his unpopularity, and the See also:court favourites of Richard II. intrigued against him
.
They were probably responsible for the allegation, made by a Carmelite, called Latemar, that John was conspiring against his See also:nephew
.
Though Richard at first believed it, the See also:matter was disposed of by the See also:friar's death
.
However, the court party soon after concocted a fresh See also:plot for the See also:duke's destruction; John boldly denounced his traducers, and the See also:quarrel was appeased by the intervention of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:mother
.
The intrigue still continued, and See also:broke out again during the Scottish campaign in 1385
.
John was not the See also:man to be forced into See also:treason to his See also:family, but the impossibility of the position at home made his See also:foreign ambitions more feasible
.
The victory of John of Portugal over the king of See also:Castile at Aljubarrota, won with English help, offered an opportunity
.
In July 1386 John See also:left England with a strong force to win his Spanish See also:throne
.
He landed at See also:Corunna, and during the autumn conquered See also:Galicia
.
Juan, who had succeeded his See also:father See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry as king of Castile, offered a See also:compromise by See also:marriage
.
John of Gaunt refused, hoping for greater success with the help of the king of Portugal, who now married the duke's eldest daughter Philippa
.
In the See also:spring the See also:allies invaded Castile
.
They could achieve no success, and sickness ruined the English See also:army
.
The conquests of the previous year were lost, and when Juan renewed his offers, John of Gaunt agreed to surrender his claims to his daughter by See also:Constance of Castile, who was to marry Juan's See also:heir
.
After some delay the peace was concluded at See also:Bayonne in 1388
.
The next eighteen months were spent by John as See also:lieutenant of See also:Aquitaine, and it was not till November 1389 that he returned to England
.
By his absence he had avoided implication in the troubles at home
.
Richard, still insecure of his own position, welcomed his uncle, and early in the following year marked his favour by creating him duke of Aquitaine
.
John on his part was glad to support the king's government; during four years he exercised his See also:influence in favour of pacification at home, and abroad was chiefly responsible for the conclusion of a truce with See also:France
.
Then in 1395 he went to take up the government of his duchy; thanks chiefly to his lavish See also:expenditure his See also:administration was not unsuccessful, but the Gascons had from the first objected to government except by the See also:crown, and secured his recall within less than a year
.
Almost immediately after his return John married as his third wife See also:Catherine See also:Swynford; Constance of Castile had died in 1394
.
Catherine had been his See also:mistress for many years, and his See also:children by her, who See also:bore the name of See also:Beaufort, were now legitimated
.
In this and in other matters Richard found it politic to conciliate him
.
But though John presided at the trial of the See also:earl of See also:Arundel in September 1391, he took no active part in affairs
.
The See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile of his son Henry in 1398 was a See also:blow from which he did not recover
.
He died on the 3rd of February 1399, and was buried at St See also:Paul's near the high See also:altar
.
John was neither a great soldier nor a statesman, but he was a chivalrous See also:knight and loyal to what he believed were the interests of his family
.
In spite of opportunities and provocations he never See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
lent himself to treason
.
He deserves See also:credit for his See also:protection of Wycliffe, though he had no sympathy with his religious or See also:political opinions
.
He was also the See also:patron of See also:Chaucer, whose Boke of the Duchesse was a lament for See also:Blanche of Lancaster
.
The chief See also:original See also:sources for John's life are See also:Froissart, themaliciously hostile Chronicon Angliae (1328-1388), and the eulogistic See also:Chronicle of Henry Knighton (both the latter in the Rolls See also:Series)
.
But See also:fuller See also:information is to be found in the excellent See also:biography by S
.
Armytage-See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, published in 1904
.
For his descendants see the table under LANCASTER, See also:HousE OF
.
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.
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.
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