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- ↑ "CRADOCK, Matthew (1584-1636), of Stafford and Caverswall Castle, Staffs. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ↑ "'Castle Church', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5, East Cuttlestone Hundred, ed. L Margaret Midgley (London, 1959), pp. 82-100". British History Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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- ↑ "Former Mayors of Stafford Borough | Stafford Borough Council". www.staffordbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.