A chronicle of the kings of England : from the time of the Romans government unto the death of King James : containing all passages of state and church with all other observations proper for a chronicle / faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern and digested into a method by Sir Richard Baker ... ; whereunto is added The reign of King Charles the First and The first thirteen years of His Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second that now reigneth in which are many material affairs of state never before published and likewise the most remarkable occurences relating to His Majesties most happy and wonderful restauration by the prudent conduct, under God, of George late Duke of Albemarle, Captain General of all His Majesties armies, as they were extracted out of His Excellencies own papers and the journals and memorials of those imploy'd in the most important and secret transactions of that time.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--History--Charles I, 1625-1649.

Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685.

Nobility--Great Britain.

Nobility.

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.

Charles.

Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 unnumbered pages, 750 pages, 42 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : 1 portrait

Edition:

All which additions are revised in this eighth impression, and freed from many errors and mistakes of the former editions.

Other Title:

Reign of King Charles the First.

First thirteen years of His Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for H. Sawbridge ..., B. Tooke ... and T. Sawbridge ..., 1684.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Added t.p. engraved.

"Epistle to the reader" signed: E. Phillips.

Bibliography: pages [7-9] at beginning.

Includes index.

Editions after 1660 have a continuation by Edward Phillips which is valuable authority for the period 1658-1660 and is based on the lost papers of Sir Thomas Clarges Monck's, brother-in-law. Cf. Davies, G. Bibl. of Brit. hist., 1603-1714.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 783:1) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing B509

Arber's Term cat. II, 76.

Contains:

Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?. Reign of King Charles the First.

OCLC:

13585985

Access Restriction:

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