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References
- ↑ "Pigot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". House of Names. January 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ↑ "Pigot". SurnameDB. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ↑ Pickett and Pigott in A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901.
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