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- ↑ Calendar of State Papers Scotland, vol. 13 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 179.
- ↑ Papers of the Master of Gray (Edinburgh, 1835), pp. 151
- ↑ Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1881), p. 704: Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1592-1599, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1882), pp. 84-6: David Calderwood, History of the Kirk of Scotland, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1844), p. 252: William Fraser, History of the Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1867), pp. 49-50.
- ↑ William Boyd, Calendar of State Papers Scotland: 1581-1583, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1910), p. 493.