SYNOPSIS

OF

ENGLISH HISTORY.

OF

ENGLISH HISTORY,

FROM THE

EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME,

ARRANGED ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW,

COMPRISING

A CONCISE YET FULL ACCOUNT OF THE WARS, LEADING EVENTS, AND
PERSONS OF NOTE IN EACH REIGN; TOGETHER WITH GENEALO-
GICAL CHARTS, CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES, TERMS OF THE

VARIOUS TREATIES, CONTEMPORARY SOVEREIGNS,
BRITISH COLONIES, HISTORIC RHYMES,

AND EXPLANATORY REMARKS.

To assist Students preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations,
and other Competitive Tests; and also for the use of Schools
and Private Families.

BY THE REV. GEORGE BARTLE, D.D.,

Author of "The Scriptural Doctrine of Hades," "An Analysis and Exposition of
the Church Catechism," "Dissertation on the Sacrifice of Christ,"
"Epitome of English Grammar," &c., &c., &c.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER.

1869.

The Right of Translation is Reserved.]

PREFACE.

ALL who have been engaged in Education—particularly in that branch of it relating to English History-must have felt the need of a work of this description, at once clear, concise, and comprehensive-embracing, as it does, an amount of information not to be found in any similar work. This book has been compiled from the most authentic sources, and neither time nor pains have been spared to ensure accuracy.

Those who know anything about competitive examinations must be painfully conscious of the numerous failures in English History. In looking over the result of the Oxford Local Examination held in 1863, we find that the total number of candidates rejected was 175, of whom 102 failed in this important subject, and at the Local Examination held by the same University in June 1868, no fewer than 104 junior candidates failed in English History. To remedy this lamentable state of things is a leading object of the present work, which contains the substance of every notable event connected with the history of our country. It is planned and written in a style adapting it to the use not only of the advanced student, but also to pupils of the most slender capacity.

The value of this Synopsis has been fully ascertained, by its having been found to furnish appropriate answers to the University questions, and by its having enabled the Author's own pupils to pass the competitive examinations without a single failure in the subject under consideration; and although he designed the work expressly with a view to the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations, yet he feels confident that it will be found of great assistance to teachers in testing the progress or proficiency of their pupils;