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- ↑ Pole p. 41.
- ↑ Hoskins, W. G.; Finberg, H. P. R. (1952). "The Tragi-Comedy of Abbot Bonus". Devonshire Studies. London: Jonathan Cape.
- 1 2 Finberg p. 277.
- 1 2 3 4 Oliver p. 91.
- ↑ Alexander, J. J. (1937). "Tavistock in the Fifteenth Century". Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 69: 247–285.
- ↑ Finberg p.180.
- ↑ Finberg p. 92, 233.
- ↑ Hall, John G. (December 1931 – January 1932). "Notes on Denbury". Devon & Exeter Gazette.
- ↑ Finberg p. 226.
- ↑ Robert Brentano,Two Churches: England and Italy in the Thirteenth Century, With an Additional Essay by the Author. (University of California Press, 1988) p 246.
- ↑ Church of St Eustachius at Historic England.org.uk.
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