James, Elinor (c. 1645–1719)

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James, Elinor (c. 1645–1719)

British printer and political writer. Name variations: Eleanor James. Born c. 1645 in England; died in 1719; m. Thomas James, London printer.

Wrote and printed over 90 pamphlets and broadsides on political, religious and commercial issues; interviewed Charles II and James II and admonished George I; published Vindication of the Church of England (1687); petitioned Parliament about legislation concerning the printer trades, among other matters; was committed to Newgate for "dispersing scandalous and reflective papers" which condemned William III for accepting the crown (1689).

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