THE

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.

FOURTH EDITION,

REVISED, AND WITH ADDITIONS.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,

PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY.

M.DCCC.LVIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER, ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET.

942.001 0912 84.4

DEDICATED TO

HENRY PEARSON, ESQ., M.A.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

BY HIS FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.