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- ↑ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 633, no. 1116.
- ↑ Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 636 no. 1032.
- ↑ William Boyd, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1905), pp. 701–2.
- ↑ HMC (1891), pp. 80–81.
- ↑ John Hill Burton, Register of the Privy Council, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1878), p. 247.
- ↑ Thomas Thomson, Collection of Inventories (Edinburgh, 1815), pp. 195, 263 no. 16.
- ↑ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), pp. 21–3 no. 13, p. 26 no. 17, p. 57 no. 50, pp. 155–6 no. 164.
- Historical Manuscripts Commission, 12th Report and Appendix; Duke of Athole and Earl of Home (London, 1891).