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References
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Myln, Alexander, Vitae Dunkeldensis ecclesiae episcoporum, ed. Thomas Thomson, rev. edn, 1, rev. Cosmo Innes, (Bannatyne Club, 1831)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)