AN

Historical Sketch

OF THE

PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE

IN ENGLAND,

FROM THE

Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons,

TO THE END OF THE

REIGN OF QUEEN ELISABETH,

BY JAMES GEORGE BARLACE.

LONDON:

SOLD BY J. AND A. ARCH, CORNHILL; J. BOOTH, DUKE STREET, PORTLAND PLACE;
OGLE, DUNCAN AND CO., HOLBORN; WHITMORE AND FENN, CHARING
CROSS; BUDD AND CALKIN, PALL MALL; TRIPHOOK, OLD BOND

STREET; HARDING, ST. JAMES'S STREET; BALDWYN,

NEWGATE STREET; AND BY J. G. BARLACE,
26, FRITH STREET, SOHO.

1819.

London: Printed by Schulze and Dean
13, Poland Street.

ΤΟ

CHANDOS LEIGH, Esq.

OF STONELEIGH ABBEY,

THIS SKETCH

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY HIS OBLIGED, OBEDIENT,

AND HUMBLE SERVANT,

JAMES GEORGE BARLACE.