Court and Family of James

• James' personality traits are that he's sociable, pragmatic and intellectual
• James' favourities were the Duke of Buckingham and Robert Cecil
• The Bedchamber was the monarch's private apartment and was the centre of the court, people who were with him there had greater access to him
• Great Contract 1610 


  Proposed by Robert Cecil, abolishment of wardship and purveyance and, parliament would give annual subsidy of 200,000 and 600,000 upfront
• Patronage is the usage of granting royal titles for money
• James' court was open and lively, some described it as drunken and debauched