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- 1 2 3 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 149, 159, 228, 274, 459, 463. Google eBook
- ↑ Complete Peerage of England (1890) lists Philip as the 4th son of Hugh Despencer; Vol. 3, p. 96 and p. 91.
- 1 2 3 Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall. Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700, Genealogical Publishing Com, Dec 31, 2004. pg 181-2. Google eBook
- Croft's Peerage. Baron le Despenser, [E, 1295 with precedency from 1264]
- Croft's Peerage. Baron Cobham of Kent [E, 1313 - abeyant 1951]
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