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- 1 2 3 Goodwin, Gordon. "Draycot, Anthony". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8041.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "The John Foxe Project, Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield, 34 Gell Street, Sheffield, S3 7QW, Tel: 0114 222 9890". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ↑ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Disbrowe-Dyve
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Draycot, Anthony". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.