THE

PICTORIAL

HISTORY OF ENGLAND:

BEING

A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE,

AS WELL AS A HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM.

ILLUSTRATED WITH

MANY HUNDRED WOODCUTS

OF

MONUMENTAL RECORDS; COINS; CIVIL AND MILITARY COSTUME; DOMESTIC BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, AND
ORNAMENTS; CATHEDRALS AND OTHER GREAT WORKS OF ARCHITECTURE; SPORTS AND OTHER
ILLUSTRATIONS OF MANNERS; MECHANICAL INVENTIONS; PORTRAITS OF THE KINGS

AND QUEENS; THEIR SIGNATURES AND GREAT SEALS;

AND REMARKABLE HISTORICAL SCENES.

BY

GEORGE L. CRAIK AND CHARLES MACFARLANE,

ASSISTED BY OTHER CONTRIBUTORS.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

LONDON:

CHARLES KNIGHT AND CO., 22, LUDGATE STREET.

MDCCCXLI.

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,

Stamford Street.