Three historical essays : Viz. I. Proves the title of the Kings of England to the crown of France; and vacates the law salique. II. Delineates the titles of the Houses of York, and Lancaster, to the crown of England: with the great mischiefs, and chief reasons of the alternate successes of those titles. III. Derives the title of King Henry The Seventh, with his pedigree and issue. The union of the two Houses in him; with the union of the two Kingdoms in King James: how far he proceeded therein to the farther uniting of them: and how far it was profecuted in King Charles The Second's time. Written some years since by Tho. Staveley, Esq.