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Excerpt from The Fortescue Papers: Consisting Chiefly of Letters Relating to State Affairs, Collected by John Packer, Secretary to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham Villiers' courtship, and Of Charles I. (no. Giving an account to Prince Rupert of his victory over Essex in Cornwall. Letters more or less on business matters will also be found from Buckingham himself, from Lord Keeper Williams, from Secretaries Naunton and Calvert, from Sir Li...

Excerpt from England, Vol. 11 Ages passed away, during which the climate became more tem perate, and the earth's surface in these regions sank to a lower level. The seas afterwards known as the North Sea and the English Channel ¿owed over the depression, and an island was thus formed out of land which had once been part of the continent. After this process had taken place a third race appeared, which must have crossed the sea in rafts or cano...

Excerpt from Letters and Other Documents: Illustrating the Relations Between England and Germany, at the Commencement of the Thirty Year's War, From the Outbreak of the Revolution in Bohemia to the Election of the Emperor Ferdinand II The general character of J ames's diplomacy has long been one of the common places of history. What it was in detail no one has yet inquired. And yet it would seem to be necessary to the forming of a just estima...

Excerpt from Student's History of England, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Times to 1885 The illustrations have been prepared under the direction of Mr. St. John hope, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology...

Excerpt from Parliamentary Debates in 1610: Edited, From the Notes of a Member of the House of Commons Fol. 242. A speech of Dr. Thomas Crompton, member for the University of Oxford, apparently delivered in the same debate, but not mentioned in the notes now published. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an importan...

Excerpt from Notes of the Debates in the House of Lords: Officially Taken by Henry Elsing, Clerk of the Parliaments, A. D. 1621 The Council of the Camden Society desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications, the Editors of the several Works being alone responsible for the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare...

Excerpt from English History for Students, Being the Introduction to the Study of English HistoryThe Object of the present work is to provide some help for students who, having gone through the ordinary school course, wish to devote themselves to the special study of some part Of the history Of their country. Such persons chie¿y require an indication of the books which it would be well for them to study, and that service is rendered to them by...

Excerpt from Letters and Papers, Vol. 3: Relating to the First Dutch War, 1652 1654Committee January 2 - Orders of c.o.s. Resolutions of the states-general January 21. - Edmond Courties to Robert Coytmor January 21. - Petition of Jeffery Dare to c.o.s. Remonstrance of Jeffery Dare January 21 - News from Amsterdam January 22. - Ord_ers by the Admiralty Committee January 22. - Peter Pett to the Admiralty Committee January 24. -orders of C. Janua...

Excerpt from History of England From the Accession of James I, Vol. 4 of 10: To the Outbreak of the Civil War 1603-1642If we wish to know what the views of Bacon and other officers of state really were, the first thing to be done is to cono sult the original patents. No doubt there is much which will not be learned there. We shall not find any light thrown on the personal motives of those through whose in¿uence they were obtained. But if we fi...

Excerpt from Reports of Cases in the Courts of Star Chamber and High CommissionThe greater part of the present volume was copied for the late Mr. Bruce, who undertook to edit it. He probably thought, and, if so, the Society will doubtless agree with him, that it might do much to dispel the ignorance which exists on the working of the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission, ifa complete set of reports of cases within a limited period were p...

Excerpt from History of England, Vol. 3 of 10: From the Accession of James I. To the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642, 1616 1621 The wooing of princes is not in itself more worthy of a place in history than the wooing of ordinary men, and there is certainly nothing in Charles's own character which would lead us to make any exception in his favour. But the Spanish alliance, of which the hand of the Infanta was to have been the symbol and t...

Excerpt from The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution: 1625 1660 The documents in this volume are intended to serve either as a basis for the study of the Constitutional History of an important period, or as a companion to the Political History of the time. With the exception of four: the Lords' Bill on Church Reform (no. The suggested answer to the Newcastle Propositions (no. The Engagement with the Scots (nos. 66, and the Con ...

Excerpt from Debates in the House of Commons in 1625 In the Appendix will be found an independent report of the greater part of the Oxford debates, which is even of greater interest than that in the text. This is followed by some letters relating to the session, by a defence of the conduct of the Government with respect to those foreign affairs which attracted so much attention at Oxford, and by a report from Pym upon Montague's case, which, ...

Excerpt from History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, Vol. 4 of 4: 1649-1656 Governor of the Castle allowed him liberty on parole that he might be present at his wife's confinement at Eltham. When the news of his temporary release reached Whitehall, a peremptory order was issued commanding his return to prison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...

Excerpt from Cromwell's Place in History: Founded on Six Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford IT would be as undesirable as it is impossible to repro duce in print words spoken without notes to a sym pathetic audience. Much even of my argument had passed from my mind when I was requested to publish what I had said last autumn. That I have been able to keep before myself the general line of thought on which my lectures were based is ...

Excerpt from History of England, Vol. 2 of 2: Under the Duke of Buckingham and Charles I. 1624-1628 They vote that common merit fame is a good ground Blainville leaves En land. For their action Treaty between rance The French Government and Spain - End of the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important histori...

Excerpt from Documents Illustrating the Impeachment of the Duke of Buckingham in 1626 The Company at once sought the opinion of Dr. Zouch and were advised by him (p. 85) that it was doubtful whether Buckingham could claim tenths unless he had issued letters of marque, which he had not done in this case. The Company after some delay thought it best to approach the Lord Admiral by petition showing him what their case was, instead of contending ...

Excerpt from History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, Vol. 3: 1649 1660 Mr. Gardiner fell ill soon after he published the third volume of his History. He was, unhappily, able to complete very little of the projected fourth volume, and the chapter now printed is the only part of it in a sufficiently advanced state for publication. In printing it a few verbal alterations have been made where some slight change or correction seemed necessar...

Excerpt from History of England, Vol. 8 of 10: From the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642 1632 The Irish officials and the Irish Parliament Wentworth' 5 system of government. His view of the situation in Ireland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgott...

Excerpt from The Personal Government of Charles I, Vol. 1 of 2: A History of England From the Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham to the Declaration of the Judges on Ship-Money, 1628 1637 I wish I had been able to penetrate more deeply into the thoughts and feelings of the mass of the nation. Nothing is, however, more difficult than to descend below the surface to the depths of society: nothing more easy than to be led astray into imagini...