OF THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH 



BY A. H. INMAN. 



(In preparation) 



ALTHOUGH early and external notices of the Angles, 

 Danes , Jutes, Northmen, and Saxons have not generally 

 been esteemed worthy of inclusion in the National col- 

 lection known as the Monumenta Historica Britannica, 

 there may possibly be some reason to suppose that such 

 are not entirely unconnected with the subject of English 

 History, and even that a not inconsiderable portion of 

 the present inhabitants of Great Britain have actually 

 derived from the races aforesaid. 



The period of the Roman occupation is traversed at 

 large in the Corpus Hhtoricum of this country named 

 above, with a few incidental notices of some of the 

 Germanic races, still believed to have subsequently be- 

 come a material element therein : the earlier history of 

 these is by no means to be discovered by references 

 limited to the terms Britain or Briton, any more than 

 that of the Franks would have been by a like restriction 

 to the word Gaul. 



So great is the obscurity of the period, that the mere 

 fact of a settlement of England by the English, has been 

 not unquestioned : exhaustive notices (desirable enough) 

 of the divers races from Ger mania in this island, would 

 necessitate very considerable research, nor are such in- 

 tended ; nevertheless, a small collection (for the more 

 part in English), chronologically and systematically 

 arranged, may serve, not only to confirm the ancient 

 evidences of the acquest of this country (and in illus- 

 tration of the character of the Saxons) but also if 

 the subject be deemed of sufficient import as a basis 

 for future investigations. 



A HISTORY OF NORTHUMBRIA 



BY A. H. INMAN. 



(In preparation) 



