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References
- Notes
- ↑ B. S. Benedikz, ‘Fleetwood, James (bap. 1603, d. 1683)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 1 Jan 2009
- ↑ "James Fleetwood (FLTT622J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Sources
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland 2nd Ed (1844) John and John Bernard Burke p200 Google Books. Brief biography of James Fleetwood.
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