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References
- Ramsay, Nigel. "Scrope, Sir Henry (b. in or before 1268, d. 1336)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24957.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)