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- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Wedgwood, Josiah C. History Of Parliament (1439-1509). p. 567.
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