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- 1 2 3 4 W. R. Williams, Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales, p. 149
- ↑ Browne Willis, Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences (1750), pp. 229–239
- ↑ Jacob Youde William Lloyd, The history of the princes, the lords marcher, and the ancient nobility of Powys Fadog, and the ancient lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, vol. 4 (T. Richards, 1884), p. 375
- ↑ Williams, p. 147, 'Members for Montgomery'
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