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- ↑ E Vallance, ‘Burscough, Robert (1650/51–1709)’, ODNB, OUP, 2004 accessed 15 July 2013
- ↑ ” Letters on Various Subjects, Literary, Political and Ecclesiastical, Volume 1” Nicolson,W (Ed): London, John Nicols, 1809
Bibliography
- Vallance, Edward (2004). "Burscough, Robert (1650/51–1709)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
