THE

RISE AND PROGRESS

OF

THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.

BY

E. S. CREASY, M.A.,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW;

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON ;
LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

THIRD EDITION,

REVISED, AND WITH ADDITIONS.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

346 & 348 BROADWAY.

M.DCCC.LVI.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

DEDICATED TO

HENRY PEARSON, ESQ., M.A.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

BY HIS FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.