Produced by David Widger A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM EARLY TIMES By David Hume With Continuations by Tobias Smollett, E. Farr and E. H. Nolan AN INDEX Edited by David Widger Project Gutenberg Editions CONTENTS ## Volume I., Part A. From Early Times to King John ## Volume I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. ## Volume I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary ## Volume I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. ## Volume I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell ## Volume I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. ## Volume II. From William and Mary to George II. ## Volume III. From George III. to Victoria VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES Volume I., Part A. From Early Times to King John THE LIFE OF DAVID HUME, ESQ. HISTORY OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER I. THE BRITONS. THE ROMANS. THE BRITONS. THE SAXONS. THE HEPTARCHY THE KINGDOM OF KENT THE KINGDOM OF NORTHUMBERLAND THE KINGDOM OF EAST ANGLIA THE KINGDOM OF MERCIA THE KINGDOM OF ESSEX. THE KINGDOM OF SUSSEX. THE KINGDOM OF WESSEX. CHAPTER II. EGBERT. ETHELWOLF. ETHELBALD AND ETHELBERT. ETHERED ALFRED. EDWARD THE ELDER. ATHELSTAN. EDMUND. EDRED EDWY EDGAR EDWARD THE MARTYR CHAPTER III. ETHELRED EDMOND IRONSIDE CANUTE HAROLD HAREFOOT HARDICANUTE EDWARD THE CONFESSOR HAROLD APPENDIX I. CHAPTER IV. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. CHAPTER V. WILLIAM RUFUS. CHAPTER VI. HENRY I. CHAPTER VII. STEPHEN. CHAPTER VIII. HENRY II. CHAPTER IX. HENRY II. CHAPTER X. RICHARD I. CHAPTER XI. JOHN. APPENDIX II. THE FEUDAL AND ANGLO-NORMAN GOVERNMENT AND MANNERS. NOTES. List of Illustrations Frontispiece: Portrait of Hume. Titlepage: Boadicea Haranguing the Britons Alfred Before the Danish General William II. Henry I. Stephen Henry II. Richard I. John Volume I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. CHAPTER XII. HENRY III. CHAPTER XIII. EDWARD I. CHAPTER XIV. EDWARD II. CHAPTER XV. EDWARD III. CHAPTER XVI. EDWARD III. CHAPTER XVII. RICHARD II. CHAPTER XVIII. HENRY IV CHAPTER XIX. HENRY V. CHAPTER XX. HENRY VI. CHAPTER XXI. HENRY VI. CHAPTER XXII. EDWARD IV. CHAPTER XXIII. EDWARD V. AND RICHARD III. CHAPTER XXIII. RICHARD III. NOTES. List of Illustrations Henry III. Edward I. Carnarvon Castle Edward II. Edward III. Surrender of Calais Richard II. Wat Tyler Richard II. Entry Into London Henry IV. Henry V. Henry VI. Joan D'Arc St. Albans Abbey Edward IV. Edward V. Richard III. Volume I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary HISTORY OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER XXIV. HENRY VII. CHAPTER XXV. HENRY VII. CHAPTER XXVI. HENRY VII. CHAPTER XXVII. HENRY VIII. CHAPTER XXVIII. HENRY VIII. CHAPTER XXIX HENRY VIII. CHAPTER XXX. HENRY VIII CHAPTER XXXI. HENRY VIII. CHAPTER XXXII. HENRY VIII. CHAPTER XXXIII. HENRY VIII. CHAPTER XXXIV. EDWARD VI. CHAPTER XXXV EDWARD VI. CHAPTER XXXVI. MARY. CHAPTER XXXVII MARY. NOTES. List of Illustrations Henry VII. Henry VIII.