The history of gavel-kind, with the etymology thereof; containing also an assertion that our English laws are for the most part those that were used by the antient Brytains, notwithstanding the several conquests of the Romand, Saxons, Danes, and Normans; with some observations and remarks upon many especial occurrences of British and English history. / By Silas Taylor gent. To which is added a short history of William the Conquerour, written in Latin by an anonymous author, in the time of Henry the First ..