King James was
James I of England (James VI of Scotland). He did not write the
King James Version (KJV) of the Bible that bears his name. He commissioned scholars to create a new translation of the Bible in English and authorized the resulting translation (which is why the KJV is sometimes called simply the Authorized Version).
In January 1604, King James I of England convened the
Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the perceived "Catholic" problems of the earlier translations as detected by the
Puritans,a faction within the Church of England.
James gave the translators instructions intended to guarantee that the new version would conform to the
ecclesiology and reflect the
episcopal structure of the Church of England and its beliefs about an ordained clergy.
In May 1606, Parliament passed the
Popish Recusants Act which could require any citizen to take an
Oath of Allegiance denying the Pope's authority over the king.