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- ↑ Rye, Walter; Hervey, William; Cooke, Clarenceux; Raven, John (1891). The visitacion [i.e., visitation] of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another visitacion [sic] made by Clarenceux Cook : with many other descents, and also the vissitation [sic] made. London: Harleian Society.
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