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- ↑ A Memoriall for the Reformation of England conteyning certayne notes and advertisements which seeme might be proposed in the first parliament and nationall councell of our country after God of his mercie shall restore it to the catholique faith [...]; gathered and set downe by R. P., 1596. Houliston, Victor. "Persons, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21474.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Bergin, J. Smith, Richard (1567–1655), vicar apostolic of the English church. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 10 Dec. 2021 (subscription or membership of a UK public library required)
- ↑ Martin Murphy, St Gregory's College, Seville 1592-1767, Catholic Record Society, 1992
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