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- ↑ PROB 11/722/467 Will of Bowyer Hendley of Otham , Kent, 31 December 1742, in « Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers » http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D531218 Retrieved 10 October 2015
- ↑ « Monument on north wall of north chancel chapel to Bowyer Hendley, d.1742. Rectangular, with proud inscription panel, moulded plinth and shaped base plate with cherub's head. Moulded cornice with achievement. » http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Retrieved 10 October 2015
- ↑ Cave-Brown, Revd J (1898). "Otham Rectors". Archaeologia Cantiana. 23: 184–193.
