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- ↑ "Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, considerably enlarged and brought down to the present time" Edwards, E. pp177/8: Wrexham, John Painter, 1801
- ↑ 748–784 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Horrobin-Hyte
- ↑ "Chirk Castle Accounts, AD 1666–1753" Myddelton, WM. p. 7: Manchester; Manchester University Press; 1931
- ↑ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 body of work p158
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