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References
- ↑ Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 313. Cornelius Bungey Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2014-11-07.
- ↑ Munden, Alan (1997) The Coventry Martyrs (Coventry: a Coventry Archives publication).
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