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- ↑ Pat. 14 Edw. I, m. 18, 19.
- ↑ 22 Edw. III, pt. 1, m. 43 d.
- ↑ Cal. Pap. Letters, v, 362.
- 1 2 Dugdale, Mon. ii, 511.
- ↑ P.R.O. Deeds of Surrender, No. 40; L. and P. Hen. VIII, xiv (i), 556.
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