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- ↑ John Gough Nichols, The Unton Inventories: Relating to Wadley and Faringdon (London, 1841), p. xxii.
- ↑ Arthur Collins, Proceedings, Precedents, and Arguments concerning Baronies (London, 1734), p. 342.
- ↑ John Gough Nichols, The Unton Inventories: Relating to Wadley and Faringdon (London, 1841), p. xxxiv.
- ↑ John Gough Nichols, The Unton Inventories: Relating to Wadley and Faringdon (London, 1841), p. xxxi.
- ↑ John Gough Nichols, The Unton Inventories: Relating to Wadley and Faringdon (London, 1841), p. xxxii.
- ↑ Rayne Allinson, 'Anne Keilwey Harington', Carole Levin, Anna Riehl Bertolet, Jo Eldridge Carney, eds, A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen (Routledge, 2017), p. 67.