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References
- ↑ Sanders, p.106
- ↑ Thorn & Thorn, part 1, chap.34, 1-58
- ↑ Sanders, p.106, note 9
- ↑ Thorn & Thorn, part 2 (notes), chap.34
- ↑ Sanders, p.20; Thorn, part 2, chap.19
- ↑ Thorn & Thorn, part 2 (notes) chap.19
- ↑ Thorn & Thorn, Chap.19, 46, Beatrix is called "his sister" in the Exon Domesday in the holding of Southleigh
- ↑ Vivian, p.605
- ↑ 58 holdings listed in Domesday Book, listed in Thorne & Thorne, chapter 34, 1-58. "58 lordships in Devon" per Vivian, p.605
- ↑ Vivian, p.605
- ↑ Vivian, p.605
- ↑ Mériel, Amédée, Histoire de L'Abbaye Royale de Saint-Jean-de-Falaise, Ordre de Prémontrés, 2nd edition, Alençon, 1883, p.14
- ↑ Vivian, p.605