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- Watt, D. E. R.; Murray, A. L., eds. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 25 (Revised ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISBN 0-902054-19-8, ISSN 0143-9448, OCLC 186075005
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Lindsay, David (d. 1641?)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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