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- ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ↑ 'House of Commons Journal Volume 2: 28 February 1642', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 2: 1640-1643 (1802), pp. 458-461. Date accessed: 7 May 2011
- ↑ Willson Havelock Coates, Anne Steele Young, Vernon F. Snow The Private Journals of the Long Parliament: 7 March to 1 June 1642