rendered it necessary should be improved, that the work might be an exponent of the latest and ablest researches. In conclusion, I may be allowed to explain that the slight alteration in the appearance of the present volume, as compared with that on the Norman and Plantagenet period, was adopted with a view to introduce more matter, without increasing the size and price of the volume. By this alteration, more than twice the quantity of text has been compressed within only half again as many pages as were contained in the former work. JAMES BIRCHALL. TRAINING COLLEGE, YORK, APRIL, 1861. ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Genealogical Table of the House of Tudor Table showing the relationship between Charles V. and the royal family of England Genealogical Table of the Suffolk family, to whom Henry VIII. devised the crown in Genealogical Table of the Stuart family 20 173 5 CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII. 1509-1547. SECTION 1.-FROM THE ACCESSION OF * On page 39, paragraph 20 should be numbered 21, and the subsequent paragraphs altered 8. Termination of the Italian wars which 9. Wolsey's early career and introduction 18. First proceedings of the new govern- * On page 65, paragraph 46 should be numbered 43, and so on to end of chapter. 2. The Protector's invasion of Scotland 3. Political intrigues of Lord Seymour 131 4. The Rebellions in the western and 19. Increased severity of the persecution 155 20. The martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer 156 CHAPTER V. THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. 1558-1603. SECTION 1.-FROM THE ACCESSION OF THE CAPTIVITY OF MARY QUEEN OF |