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- ↑ Antonia Gransden (1964). The Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds 1212-1301. Chronica Buriensis 1212-1301. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Translation by Antonia Gransden.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John de Taxster". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.