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- ↑ Society of Genealogists 'Country Apprentices 1710–1808'
- ↑ Peter Taylor and Jane Holt obtained a licence from the Faculty Office on 21 April 1740
- 1 2 3 4 5 "TAYLOR, Peter (1714-77), of Burcott, nr. Wells, Som. and Purbrook Park, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ Gentleman's magazine library : being a classified collection of the chief contents of the Gentleman's magazine from 1731 to 1868
- ↑ Two children baptized to Peter and Jane Taylor at Westminster were Walter (January 1741) and Peter (September 1742) - record of baptisms
