SECTION A. SUMMARIES WHICH EXTEND MORE OR LESS OVER THE

formists

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II. 1290-1603

V. 1661-1881. Section A, Church; Section B, Noncon-

formists

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III. 1603-1707

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IV. 1707-1881

I. To 1494

II. 1494-1801

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Law Courts, 1107-1881

Army, 1073-1881

SECTION B. SUMMARIES WHICH BELONG TO SPECIAL PERIODS.

Gradual Union of England into one Kingdom, 449-827

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The Northmen in England, (1) 787-897; (2) 907-937; (3) 980-1017

The Union of Normandy and England, 1002-1071

Struggle between the Kings and the Feudal Nobility, 1074-1174

Laws, Codes, and Charters up to the time of the Great Charter, c. 600-1215

The Hundred Years' War between England and France, 1338-1453

York and Lancaster, 1385-1563

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I. List of some of the Chief Officials in Church and State to the beginning

of Queen Anne's reign

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II. Table of the Members of the House of Lords at various times

III. Table of the number of Members of the House of Commons, and their

distribution, at various times

EXPLANATIONS.

RIGHT-HAND PAGE.

PART I. GENERAL OUTLINE.

1. A second column has been introduced into this page for Prime Ministers at

the year 1721.

2. Differences of type. Many of the more important events and the names of

leading persons, especially at their first appearance, are in darker type. A

very few events of great importance are in large capitals. Events which

are specially connected with Constitutional History are in italics when not

already in larger type.

3. Reference, when it seemed useful, has been occasionally made in the course of

the Outline to the Summaries, generally at the point where a Summary or

a section of a Summary ends.

LEFT-HAND PAGE.

1. The "

Foreign" column (which becomes "Foreign and Colonial" after 1600)

contains a selection of foreign events which have a special connection with

English History, together with a few general foreign events of leading im-

portance. The arrangement of Irish and Scotch events has presented some

difficulty. It has been thought best to consider, as a general rule, purely

Scotch events foreign up to 1707, and purely Irish events foreign up to

1800. [Those more important events abroad which form an integral part of

the general course of English History are to be found on the right-hand

page.]

2. The "Notes" column. Various notes have been added, and space has been

left for the addition of more notes at various points. From 1721 lists of

the Ministries have been added in the Notes. These lists do not pretend

to be exhaustive, nor are they restricted to the members of Cabinets

only. The names of the leading Ministers have been given, and subordinate

Ministers whose names afterwards became well known are often mentioned.

Members of Cabinets in the Ministries of the last quarter of a century are

indicated by an asterisk.

Several blank pages are left at the end of the General Outline for the insertion of

such current events as the reader may think of sufficient importance to be

entered.

PART II. SUMMARIES.

A complete list of Summaries will be found in the Table of Contents, and also

at the beginning of Part II. As a rule, the facts mentioned in the Sum-

maries have already appeared in the General Outline. Where there are

exceptions to this rule, this is usually indicated either by a special note or by

the use of brackets. Space is left by the side of the Summaries for various

additions.

Counts of Anjou

English Kings from Henry II. to Henry III.
English Kings from Henry III. to Henry IV.

Claims of Balliol and Bruce

Genealogy of Kings of Scotland from 1306°

English Kings from Edward III.

French Kings from Philip VI.

Claim of Edward III.

Genealogy of John de Montfort

The Yorkist Line

Genealogy of the Warrennes and Arundels

The Lancastrian Line

Genealogy of the Dukes of Burgundy

the Beauforts

the Woodvilles

French Kings from Henry II, to Henry IV.

Darnley

William III. of England

the Churchills and Godolphins

Pedigree to illustrate the War of the Spanish Succession
Genealogy of the Carterets and Granvilles

the Grenvilles and Pitts

the Fox Family

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PART I.

GENERAL OUTLINE.