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- ↑ Alban Butler, "The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume 10"], p.139-140
- ↑ Cotman, John Sell (1838). "Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk Tending to Illustrate the Ercclesiastical, Military, and Civil Costume as Well as to Preserve Memorials of Ancient Families in that County".
- ↑ p 48 in: Cotman, JS. (1838) Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk..., Bohn, 1838
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