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- ↑ Calendar of State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (London, 1898), nos. 751, 786.
- ↑ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), nos. 747, 774, 781.
- ↑ HMC 11th report & Appendix, part VI, Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton (London, 1887), p. 53 no. 108.