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- 1 2 3 4 Laughton, John Knox (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 254–255.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Laughton, John Knox (1892). "Knight, John (d.1606)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 254–255.
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