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- ↑ Charles Ross (1999). Richard III. Yale University Press. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-0-300-07979-1.
- ↑ David Baldwin (19 September 2006). Stoke Field: The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses. Pen and Sword. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-1-78159-693-7.
- 1 2 Charles Derek Ross (1974). Edward IV. University of California Press. pp. 137, 138. ISBN 978-0-520-02781-7.
- ↑ Sheila Sweetinburgh (2010). Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-0-85115-584-5.