1550. Peasant revolts in many counties 1551. University and College libraries destroyed 1552. Parish churches despoiled 1553. Escape of Mary Tudor at Sawston Proclaimed Queen at Cambridge. Catholic reaction 1555. Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer Elizabeth succeeds. Protestantism again dominant 1559. Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury Thirlby, last Roman Catholic Bishop of Ely, deposed 212 210 1580. Survivors of Roman Catholic Hierarchy imprisoned at 1584. Emmanuel College founded 1585. Feckenham, last Abbot of Westminster, dies at Wis 1589. Lancelot Andrewes, Master of Pembroke College 1595. Sidney Sussex College founded 1615. James I. resides at Royston 1623. Charles starts thence on Spanish wooing 1625. Charles I. succeeds. Wren, Master of Peterhouse 1630. Draining of Fens begun A.D. 1633. Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury 1635. Peterhouse Chapel built 1638. Wren, Bishop of Ely 1640. Ship-money riot at Melbourn 1642. Civil War begun. Associated Counties Wren imprisoned by Parliament 1643. Churches desecrated by Dowsing Prayer-Book proscribed Covenant enforced Parsons ejected 218 1653. Cromwell, Protector 1646. Fall of Oxford. Charles escapes through Cambridgeshire in disguise 1647. Roundhead army on Triplow Heath King captured and confined at Newmarket King detained at Royston 1661. Prayer-Book brought back 1662. Monmouth visits Cambridge Fire in Trinity Chapel 1664. Conservators of Fens incorporated 1685. Revocation of Edict of Nantes Archidiaconal Visitation. State of churches 1687. James II. attempts toleration 1715. Cambridge Hanoverian. Library enlarged by George I. 247 1730. Senate House built 1740. "Mr. Tripos" abolished 1753. Carter's "History of Cambridgeshire" 1769. Square caps introduced 1800. Downing College built Enclosures beginning 1802. "Sunday" School Union formed 1804. French invasion threatened 1805. Trafalgar . 1811. National Schools established 1816. Littleport Riots 247 291 A.D. 1824. Classical Tripos begun 1827. Oxford and Cambridge cricket match begun 1829. Oxford and Cambridge boat race begun 1830. Rick-burning 1837. Accession of Queen Victoria 1839. State aid to Elementary Schools begun 1840. Penny Postage 1850. Coprolite-digging begun 1845. First Cambridgeshire railway (G.E.R. main line) opened 279 1851. Natural and Moral Science Triposes begun 1856. Law Tripos begun 1858. New Statutes. Religious restrictions abolished 1870. Elementary Education Act 1873. Girton College founded 1897. Roman Catholic and Presbyterian Colleges founded Newmarket and Royston secede from Cambridgeshire Creation and dimensions of Cambridgeshire-Natural divisions -The Fenland-Southern region-River system-Geologi- cal formations-Flora-Coprolites Primæval Cambridgeshire-Evidence from fossils-The Fenland Great stride to the Neolithic period-No further break in the history of mankind-The Ugrian race- -Brownies and pixies-Jadite axe-heads-Flint gradually superseded by metal-Brandon flint workings-Royston Cave - Incoming of the Britons-First record of Britain-The Iceni Beginning of authentic history-Invasion of Julius Cæsar- Roman conquest of Britain-Cambridgeshire friendly-Re- The Pax Romana-Roman roads in Cambridgeshire-Identifi- - 22-24 The Diocletian system-Position of Cambridgeshire-Romano- British army-Vandlebury-Allectus-British fleet-Con- inroads - 27-33 Origin of Saxon name-English march through Cambridgeshire Existing villages founded-Common fields-Eorl and churl- Last struggle of heathenism-Penda-King Anna and his family-St. Etheldred-Foundation of Ely and Thorney- St. Wilfrid-Burial of St. Etheldred-Her rule of the Isle Bede's forecast-England under Egbert-Mint at Cambridge- Danish invasion-East Anglia their fastness-Great raid of 870-Ely destroyed-Death of St. Edmund—Vikings at Peace of Wedmore-Last Cambridgeshire battle-Cambridge- shire in the Danelagh-Reconquest by Edward-Creation of the county-Hundreds and tithings-Fight at Chester- Edgar the Peaceful-Ethelred the Unready-Danish inroads - 64-74 |