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- ↑ C. Rogers, History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1882), p.ccxl: Herries, Historie of the Reigne of Marie Queen of Scots (Edinburgh, 1836), p.97.
- ↑ Murray, James (1907). Kilmacolm. A Parish History. Alexander Gardner. p. 219.
- ↑ Macdonald, William Rae, Scottish Armorial Seals, (Edinburgh: W. Green, 1904), p 67