The new, impartial and complete history of England [electronic resource] : from the very earliest period of authentic information, And most Genuine Records of Historical Evidence, to the end of the present year. Containing A Copious, Full, Accurate, Clear, Candid, Comprehensive, Impartial, Universal and Circumstantial History of Every Memorable Transaction, Interesting Event, Remarkable Occurrence, recorded in the Whole Annals of Great-Britain. With A Copious Account and circumstantial Detail of the Origin, Constitution, and Present State of this Kingdom, and of our various Conquests, Acquisitions, and Revolutions, in various Parts, at Home and Abroad. Also a Complete View of the Constitution, and political Establishments of Britain, its Laws, Institutions, Parliaments, Charters, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, Inventions, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Military and Naval Transactions, &c. Together with an Accurate Faithful Chronological Account of all The Kings and Sovereign Queens who have swayed the British Scepter, and other Illustrious Personages, who have rendered themselves conspicuous either by their Valour, their Patriotism, their Virtue, their Vice, or their Learning. The Whole Including every particular Circumstance worthy of Notice in the Annals of the British Empire, which can be supposed to come under the following Heads: War on Peace, Battles, Sieges, Blockades, Bombardments, Invasions, Usurpations, Revolutions, Rebellions, Sea-Fights, Expedititions, Insurrections, Attacks, Repulses, Ravages, Inroads, Reprisals, Crusades, Settlements, Devastations, Conquests, Defeats, Alliances, Negociations, Treaties, Surrenders, Conspiracies, Associations, Conventions, Plots, Massacres, Assassinations, Executions, Storms, Tempests, Shipwrecks, Famines, Dearths, Plagues, Mortalities, Inundations, Fires, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Institutions, Parliaments, Laws, Charters, Coronations, Discoveries, Colonies, Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Literature, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Government, &c. &c. Comprehending A Genuine Description of the Manners and Customs of the Times, And the State of the Nation during the Space of near Two Thousand Years. In which The Noble Structure of the British Constitution is traced from its original Foundation; and the Sources of all the great Events and Changes in these Kingdoms accounted for with the strictest Impartiality. Interspersed With valuable Reflections and Remarks, elucidating obscure Facts, rectifying former Difficulties, correcting the Errors of other Writers, and setting contested Circumstances in the clearest Light, by the most genuine historical Evidence. The Whole Tending to display the Patriotic Virtues of our Illustrious Ancestors, and to Inspire the Present Age with an Emulation of imitating their Glorious Examples. By Edward Barnard, Esq. Assisted by several gentlemen, who have made the History of this Country their Peculiar Study.