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- ↑ "Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189" (PDF). www.citybridgetrust.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ↑ "Chronological list of aldermen: 1222-1300". British History Online. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ Paul Doherty, The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303, published by Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2005. It was first published in the U.K. in 2005 by Constable & Robinson, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-78671-664-7
- ↑ White, William "Notes and Queries" pg. 410