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- ↑ Ford's Landed Gentry of Berkshire
- 1 2 Ford, David Nash (2010). "John Cheney (c.1442-1499)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 29 November 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- 1 2 History of Parliament
- ↑ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750
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