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The Romans build two Great Walls to defend England against
Picts and Scots -
11
The Romans leave England
12
Effects of the Roman Invasion.—Roads made, London built, and
Christianity introduced
13
THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND
14
Arrival of the Saxons
The Saxons the Race from which the English have principally
sprung
Saxon Energy the Foundation of our Greatness
The History of England very uncertain till the Reign of Ethelbert,
King of Kent
Christianity nearly rooted out by the Saxons, re-established by
St. Augustine, who converted King Ethelbert
Arrival of the Danes
14-16
17
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ANGLO-SAXON KINGS
The History of England very confused till Egbert became King
of England
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The Reign of King Alfred- -Danes defeated, Laws improved,
Education promoted, Division of England into Shires, Parishes,
Hundreds, &c.
Edward the Elder, Son of Alfred
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19-22
Edward the Martyr
*Ethelred the Second, Sons of Edgar
called the Unready
His second wife was Emma, sister of Richard, the second
Duke of Normandy, who afterwards married Canute.
Edmund the Second, called Ironside, Son of *Ethelred the
Unready
DANISH KINGS
23
The English language derived mainly from the Saxon, thus
showing that the English have sprung mainly from the Saxons
The number of places whose names are Danish show the wide-
spreading of the Danes over the country
27
37
SAXON LINE Restored
Edward the Third, called the Confessor, Son of *Ethelred the
Unready, and of Emma of Normandy
Harold the Second, Son of Earl Godwin, the last of the Anglo- Saxon Kings
Harold defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of
Hastings
39
THE NORMAN KINGS -
WILLIAM THE FIRST, called the Conqueror, Son of Robert Duke
of Normandy, and Grandson of Richard Duke of Normandy,
whose Sister married *Ethelred the Unready
William creates the New Forest in Hampshire. - England
surveyed in his Reign, an Account of which is to be found in Domesday Book.
WILLIAM Rufus
The Crusades
HENRY THE FIRST
Sons of William the Conqueror
43
50-52-
STEPHEN, Son of Adela, the Fourth Daughter of William the
Conqueror, and of Stephen Count of Blois
The Barons extort leave to fortify their Castles, and great
Oppression of the People in consequence.
53
56
PLANTAGENET RACE, OR HOUSE OF ANJOU
HENRY THE SECOND, Son of Matilda, Daughter of Henry the
First, and of Geoffrey Plantagenet Earl of Anjou
Quarrels with the Pope. - Murder of Thomas à Becket.
RICHARD THE FIRST, called Cœur de Lion]
Cruel Massacre of the Jews.
Third Crusade. - Richard taken Pri-
soner on his Return and ransomed by
the English
Sons of Henry
62-74
the Second
Murders his Nephew, Arthur of Brittany. — Quarrels with
the Pope and basely submits. Consequent Dissatisfaction
of the Barons and granting of Magna Carta.
LECTURE II.
Position of England at end of First Lecture
Present Lecture intended as a Summary of the Early Institutions
⚫ 95
Feudal System established in England by the Normans
FURTHER REMARKS ON TENURE OF LAND, AND DIVISION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRY, MAKING OF LAWS, AND PUTTING
LAWS IN FORCE
- 101
PARLIAMENT
· 102
The King goes to his Vills, or Farms, accompanied by his Lesser
Council
- 102
Greater Council, or Gewitena-gemote
- 103
Origin of the Houses of Lords and Commons
- 104
Members of the Great Council first elected in reign of William
the Conqueror
104
First clear evidence of Representation in reign of Henry the Third, A.D. 1254 -
Towns first represented in A.D. 1265
Separation of Parliament into Two Houses
- 107
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW -
- 108
The earliest Code of Laws is that of Ethelbert, A.D. 600
Shire-motes, or County Courts; Burg-motes, or Town Courts; and
Hundred Courts -
110
ORIGIN OF THE COURTS OF LAW
- 112
The King's Court, the origin of all our Courts, divided into other
Courts
The Court of Exchequer
- 114
Contrivances for removing business from one Court to another
Exclusive powers of the Court of King's Bench -
115
- 116
- 117
- 119
- 120
- 122
- 123
- 124
Its origin. Appointment of a Secretary by the King, whose office
was called the Chancery, and hence the Secretary became Chan-
cellor -
The Chancellor became Keeper of the King's Conscience, and
Judge of the Court of Chancery
- 132
134
The Great Seal
- 136
Examples of Remedies provided by the Court of Chancery -
- 137
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS
- 138
On the Continent the Laity were exhorted to submit themselves
to the Clergy
Clergy joined with the Laity in English Law Courts, but not so
on the Continent of Europe
William the Conqueror separated the Ecclesiastical from Civil
jurisdiction, and thus originated the Ecclesiastical Courts in
England
140
The Saxons tried to embody their Laws in complete Codes -
Not attempted in modern times, and therefore difficult to study
the Law as a whole