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A64239 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 Romans Saxons, Danes and Normans : with some observations and remarks upon many especial occurrences of British and English history / by Silas Taylor ; to which is added a short history of William the Conqueror written in Latin by an anonymous author in the time of Henry the first. Taylor, Silas, 1624-1678. 1663 (1663) Wing T553; ESTC R30161 142,021 250

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