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- ↑ "SAVAGE, Robert (D.1399), of York. | History of Parliament Online".
- ↑ Arnold-Baker, Charles (2001). The companion to British history. Routledge. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-415-18583-7.
- ↑ Steel, Anthony (2012). The Receipt of the Exchequer: 1377-1485. Cambridge University Press. p. 33. ISBN 9781107600102.
- ↑ Lloyd, T. H. (2005). The English Wool Trade in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 251. ISBN 9780521017213.
- ↑ http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/seymour-sir-thomas-i-1476-153536