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- ↑ "HUGHES, John (by 1500-43), of Uxbridge, Mdx. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ↑ Bindoff, Stanley Thomas; Trust, History of Parliament (2 March 1982). "The House of Commons, 1509-1558". Boydell & Brewer – via Google Books.
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