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- ↑ N.M. Fuidge, 'Wyndham, Francis (d.1592), of Norwich, Beeston and Pentney, Norf.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (from Boydell and Brewer 1981), History of Parliament Online.
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