England and the most Ancient History

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom in short UK. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. The crown of England and Scotland were united under James-I, and so England ceased to be an individual kingdom. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers much of the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialized nation.

Church of England

Christianity is known to have existed in Britain in Roman times, but what happened in England, as we know it to-day, after the decay of Roman rule in the 5^th century is not recorded. In the 5^th century the Teutonic invaders were pagan, and they remained so until St. AUGUSTINE came from Rome to preach the Gospel to them in A.D. 597. St. Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, and there has been a continuous line of his successors ever since. Later the Celtic Christians became united with those of England, and the Church of Wales to-day is in full communion with the Church of England. The Church of England claims continuity of its Holy Orders through St. Augustine and his successors and also through the Celtic Church, from the APOSTLES (apostolic succession). Her teaching is based upon the Bible and is in accord with the CATHOLIC principles of the early undivided Church. She doesn't acknowledge the authority of the POPE over all other bishops. Her episcopally ordained ministers and BISHOPS, PRIESTS & DEACONS. She also has DEACONESSES, but they are not in HOLY ORDERS. Laymen are widely licensed to take some services and preach as LAY READERS. The ANGLICAN COMMUNION comprises the Church of England and her daughter churches in all parts of the world (old catholics). The Church Assembly of three 'houses'-bishops, clergy and laity-is the legislative body of the Church and his power to lay measures before Parliament for acceptance or rejection but not for amendment. Doctrinal matters are the concern of the clergy assembled in the two Convocations of Canterbury and York. The laity may be consulted on doctrinal matters through the House of Laity of the Church of Assembly. England is divided for administrative and pastoral purposes into Dioceses, each diocese having its own BISHOP (and sometimes he has the help of (i) Suffragan bishops appointed, like the diocesans, by the Crown; and sometimes additionally of (ii) Assistant bishops who happen to reside in or near the diocese). Dioceses are subdivided in archdeaconries, over each of which I set an archdeacon. The archdeaconry may be subdivided into rural deaneries, each with its own rural dean, who presides over the local clergy in the ruridecanal chapter; he is generally one of the parish priests in the deanery. Rural deaneries consists of parishes, each of which has its own parish priest, usually designated RECTOR or VICAR; he may have help from other clergy who are assistant curates (or, colloquially, ''curates''). The clergy of cathedral churches from chapters over which presides a DEAN or PROVOST. Parishes, rural deaneries and dioceses have their own church councils or ''conferences'', to transact administrative business and, in the case of parish and diocese, to elect lay representatives to represent the laity in higher councils of the Church.

List of Monach in England and its History

There have been 12 monarchs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom (the Monarchy of the United Kingdom). A new Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on 1 May 1707 with the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which had been in personal union under the House of Stuart since 24 March 1603. On 1 January 1801, Great Britain merged with the Kingdom of Ireland (also previously in personal union with Great Britain) to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After most of Ireland left the union on 6 December 1922, its name was amended on 12 April 1927 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

ANGLO-SAXON & DANISH KINGS

NAME	Reigned
EGBERT	827-39
ETHELWULF	839-58
ETHELBALD	858-60
ETHELBERT	860-66
ETHELRED-I	866-71
ALFRED THE GREAT	871-901
EDWARD THE ELDER	901-25
ATHELSTAN	925-40
EDMUND-I	940-46
EDRED	946-55
EDWY	955-59
EDGAR THE PEACEFUL	959-75
EDWARD THE MARTYR	975-78
ETHELRED-II (THE UNREADY)	978-1013
SWEYN	1013-14
ETHELRED-II	1014-16
EDMUND-II (IRONSIDE)	1016
CANUTE	1016-35
HAROLD-I	1035-40
HARDICANUTE	1040-42
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR	1042-66
HAROLD-II	1066

NORMAN KINGS

WILLIAM-I	1066-87
WILLIAM-II	1087-1100
HENRY-I	1100-35
STEPHEN	1135-54

PLANTAGENET KINGS

HENRY-II	1154-89
RICHARD-I	1189-99
JOHN	1199-1216
HENRY-III	1216-72
EDWARD-I	1272-1307
EDWARD-II	1307-27
EDWARD-III	1327-77
RICHARD-II	1377-99

THE HOUSE OF LANCASTER

HENRY-IV	1399-1413
HENRY-V	1413-22
HENRY-VI	1422-61

THE HOUSE OF YORK

EDWARD-IV	1461-83
EDWARD-V	1483
RICHARD-III	1483-85

THE HOUSE OF TUDOR

HENRY-VII	1485-1509
HENRY-VIII	1509-47
EDWARD-VI	1547-53
MARY-I	1553-58
ELIZABETH-I**	1558-1603

THE HOUSE OF START

JAMES-I	1603-25
CHARLES-I	1625-49

COMMONWEALTH (1649-60)

Oliver Cromwell	1653-58
Richard Cromwell	1658-59

THE HOUSE OF STUART – contd.

CHARLES-II	1660-85
JAMES-II	1685-89
WILLIAM-III & MARY-II ( 1689-94 )	1689-1702
ANNE	1702-14

THE HOUSE OF HANOVER

GEORGE-I	1714-27
GEORGE-II	1727-60
GEORGE-III	1760-1820
GEORGE-IV	1820-30
WILLIAM-IV	1830-1901

THE HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG

EDWARD-VII

1901-10

THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR

GEORGE-V	1910-36
EDWARD-VIII	1936
GEORGE-VI	1936-52
ELIZABETH-II	1952