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References
- ↑ "West Looe 1558-1603". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "CHAMPERNOWN, Richard (c.1558-1622), of Modbury, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ Gray, Todd; Rowe, Margery; Erskine, Audrey; Youings, Joyce, eds. (1992). Tudor and Stuart Devon: The Common Estate and Government : Essays Presented to Joyce Youings. University of Exeter Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780859893848.
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