An historical view of the English government, from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the revolution in 1688 / John Millar ; edited by Mark Salber Phillips and Dale R. Smith ; introduction by Mark Salber Phillips.

Originally published: London : J. Mawman, 1812.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 839-853) and index.

CONTENTS1
INTRODUCTION
Book I: OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT, FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SAXONS IN BRITAIN TO THE REIGN OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.
CHAPTER I: Preliminary Account of the State of Britain under the Dominion of the Romans.
CHAPTER II: Character and Manners of the Saxons.
CHAPTER III: Settlement of the Saxons in Britain.
CHAPTER IV: Similarity in the Situation of the Anglo-Saxons, and of the other Barbarians who settled in the Provinces of the Western Empire.—How far the State of all those Nations differed from that of every other People, ancient or modern.
CHAPTER V: The State of Property, and the different Ranks and Orders of Men, produced by the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain.
SECTION I: Of the chief Regulations attending the Establishment of Christianity in the Roman Empire, and in the modern Kingdoms of Europe.
SECTION II: The Establishment of Christianity in Britain, under the Roman Dominion, and in the early Government of the Anglo-Saxons.
CHAPTER VI: Institution of Tythings, Hundreds, and Counties.
CHAPTER VII: Of the Wittenagemote.
CHAPTER VIII: State of the Sovereign in the primitive Anglo-Saxon Government.
CHAPTER IX: Of the principal Events from the Reign of Egbert to the Norman Conquest.
CHAPTER X: Variations in the State of Tythings, Hundreds, and Shires.1
CHAPTER XI: Changes produced in the Condition of the Vassals, and of the Peasants.
CHAPTER XII: The Influence of these Changes upon the Jurisdiction and Authority of the feudal Lords.
CHAPTER XIII: Of Ecclesiastical Courts.
CHAPTER XIV: Alterations in the State of the Wittenagemote.
Conclusion of the Saxon Period.
CONTENTS1
Book II: OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT FROM THE REIGN OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, TO THE ACCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF STEWART.
CHAPTER I: The Norman Conquest.—Progress of the feudal System.—View of the several Reigns before that of Edward I.—The great Charter, and Charter of the Forest.
CHAPTER II: In what Manner the Changes produced in the Reign of William the Conqueror affected the State of the national Council.
CHAPTER III: Of the ordinary Courts of Justice after the Norman Conquest.
CHAPTER IV: Progress of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Authority.
CHAPTER V: General View of the kingly Power, from the Reign of Edward I. to that of Henry VII.
CHAPTER VI: History of the Parliament in the same Period.
SECTION I: The Introduction of the Representatives of Counties and Boroughs into Parliament.
SECTION II: The Division of Parliament into two Houses, and the peculiar Privileges acquired by each House.
SECTION III: Concerning the Manner of electing the national Representatives, and the Forms of Procedure in Parliament.
CHAPTER VII: Alterations in the State of the ordinary Courts of Justice.
SECTION I: Establishment of the Courts of Common Law, at Westminster.
SECTION II: Of the Petty Jury—and the Grand Jury.
SECTION III: Circumstances which prevented the Civil Law from being so much incorporated in the System of English Jurisprudence, as in that of other European Countries.
SECTION IV: The Rise of the Court of Chancery.
CHAPTER VIII: Of the Circumstances which promoted Commerce, Manufactures, and the Arts, in modern Europe, and particularly in England.
CHAPTER IX: Of Henry the Seventh.—Circumstances which, in his Reign, contributed to the Exaltation of the Crown.—Review of the Government of this Period.
CHAPTER X: Of Henry the Eighth.—The Reformation.—Its Causes.—The Effects of it upon the Influence of the Crown.
CHAPTER XI: Of Edward the Sixth—Mary—and Elizabeth.—General Review of the Government.—Conclusion of the Period from the Norman Conquest to the Accession of the House of Stewart.
Conclusion of the Period, from the Norman Conquest.