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- 1 2 "SEYMOUR, Hon. Charles (1621–65), of Allington and Marlborough, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ↑ Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Blood Royal of Britain, Tudor Roll (London: n.p., 1903), p. 36, Table LIX
- ↑ Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Blood Royal of Britain, Tudor Roll (London: n.p., 1903), Page 31, Table L
- ↑ via Frances Seymour; Frances Hungerford; John Keate; and Elizabeth Keate (aka Eliz. Macie).
- ↑ via Frances Seymour; Frances Hungerford; and George Keate
- ↑ John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke wrote a genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland.
