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References
- ↑ "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
- ↑ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), pp. 170-1.
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, Entry for John Port
- ↑ HMC Manuscripts of the Duke of Portland, vol. 9 (London, 1923), pp. viii, 119, 154.
- History of Parliament HASTINGS, Sir George (c.1540–1604) of Etwall, Derbys, Gopsall, Leics and Loughborough, Leics
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [ self-published source ][ better source needed ]
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