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References
- 1 2 3 Gray, Irvine (1981). Antiquaries of Gloucestershire and Bristol. pp. 59–61.
- 1 2 "Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Flooke-Fyrmin".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Church of England Clergy Database".
- ↑ Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 3, pp. 88–89
- ↑ "National Archives Discovery record summary".
- ↑ Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne. Oxford Historical Society. 1885. pp. 120, 215.
- ↑ Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne. pp. 213–4.
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