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- 1 2 Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage . Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. LCCN 06-23564. p. 15
- 1 2 Freke sisters, Westminster Abbey, retrieved 29 October 2012
