THE COMPREHENSIVE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND;

CIVIL AND MILITARY,

RELIGIOUS, INTELLECTUAL, AND SOCIAL.

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SEPOY REVOLT.

BY

CHARLES MACFARLANE, AND REV. THOMAS THOMSON,

AUTHOR OF "OUR INDIAN EMPIRE," ETC.

AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND," ETC.

THE WHOLE REVISED AND EDITED BY THE REV. THOMAS THOMSON.

CONTINUED TO SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF SAN STEFANO.

GLASGOW:

W. G. BLACKIE AND CO., PRINTERS,

VILLAFIELD.

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THE SUPREMACY OF THE LAW-PRINCE HENRY AND CHIEF-JUSTICE GASCOIGNE. From the Fresco by
C. W. Cope, R. A., in the House of Peers,
(vol. i. page 552), Frontispiece.
LADY JANE GREY AT THE PLACE OF EXECUTION.-From a Drawing by James Godwin,
MEDALS COMMEMORATING THe Defeat of tTHE SPANISH ARMADA.-Drawn from the several objects,
FOUNTAINS ABBEY, one of the most extensive of the religious houses suppressed during the reign of Henry VIII.
-Eight Views and Plan,

ARREST OF CHARLES I. AT HOLMBY HOUSE.-From a Drawing by Sir John Gilbert, A.R. A.,

MEDALS-Siege-pieces and other Memorials of Charles I.-Drawn from the several objects,

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11. COURT MASK OF THE TIME.-Strutt's Regal Antiquities, 39 41. BOLTON CASTLE, Yorkshire. -From a drawing by