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- 1 2 "TUTBURY, Adam (d.c.1400), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ K J Allison, ed. (1969). "Medieval Hull". A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 1, the City of Kingston Upon Hull. London: Victoria County History. pp. 11–85. Retrieved 2 January 2018– via British History Online.
- ↑ Jenny Kermode (2002). Medieval Merchants: York, Beverley and Hull in the Later Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 285. ISBN 9780521522748 . Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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