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- ↑ Alonso Fernández de Madrid: Silva palentina, vol. I, págs. 247–248.
- ↑ Francisco Xavier de Garma y Salcedo: Theatro universal de España: descripción eclesiástica y secular de todos sus reynos y provincias, vol. III, pág. 354 y ss.
- ↑ Pedro Salazar de Mendoza: Origen de las dignidades seglares de Castilla y León, cap. XV.