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- ↑ Letter Book of Florence MacCarthy Reagh, Tanist of Carbery University College Cork 2013 Document 65
- ↑ Jacques was reputedly the illegitimate son of a laundress, born in Antwerp of Venetian origin. He grew up in England, and even worked for a time as an English spy- Jardine Criminal Trials Vol. 2 p.248
- 1 2 3 4 Jardine, David Criminal Trials Volume 2- the Gunpowder Plot Charles Knight London 1835 p.248
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- ↑ Nephew of Rowland York, a close associate of Sir William Stanley
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- ↑ Stephen Alford, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I (2012), pp.300-309; quote at p.306.
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- ↑ Alison Weir Elizabeth the Queen Pimlico edition 1999 p.418