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- ↑ Charles Morton (librarian)
- Patentee Officers in Ireland 1173–1826, Ed. James L. Hughes
- Ulster Journal of Archaeology 1896 pp. 143–145
- Liber Munorum Publicorum Hiberniae 1152–1827
- The Ulster Plantation in the Counties of Armagh and Cavan 1608–41, R.J. Hunter, 2012, P. 419.
- Thom's Official Directory, all years to 1921