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- ↑ Thomas Pennant, Tour in Wales, 1781, ii. 285; John Thomas, in William Williams, Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, 1802, p. 177.
- ↑ Lloyd, Glenys Mair (2015). Piers Griffith – Pirate of Penrhyn 1568 – 1628, Humphreys Signs Ltd, ISBN 9780993262708. Gwales.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Griffith, Piers". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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