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- ↑ Shaw, William Arthur (1970). The Knights of England. p. 93.
- ↑ Bell, Robert (1837). Lives of the British Admirals: Robert Devereux. Sir Walter Raleigh. p. 50.
- ↑ "The compleat husband-man: or, A discourse of the whole art of husbandry" . Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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