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- ↑ Underhill, George Frederick (1903). The Master of Hounds. G. Richards. pp. 213-223. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ↑ John Wooten. "Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) as Master of the Kings Staghounds in Windsor Forest". MyStudios.com. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ↑ Fortescue, Hon. John. Record of Staghunting on Exmoor, London, 1887, A Tabulated History of the North Devon and Devon and Somerset Staghounds (Appendix B)
- ↑ Fortescue, John (1887). Record of Staghunting on Exmoor, London, 1887, A Tabulated History of the North Devon and Devon and Somerset Staghounds.