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- 1 2 Thomas Wright, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, volume I (London, 1836) p. 252.
- ↑ Army List for 1740, p. 12.
- 1 2 Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Forty-Sixth, or the South Devonshire Regiment of Foot (London, 1851) p. 67.
- 1 2 Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot (London, 1845) p. 95.
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine , vol. XVII (London, 1747) p. 592.
- ↑ St Benet Paul's Wharf, Register of marriages. London Metropolitan Archives. 16 July 1722. pp. P69/BEN3/A/003/MS05718, Item 001.
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