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- 1 2 3 4 Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 100.
- ↑ Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 93; Watt & Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, p. 130.
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- 1 2 Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 93; Hewitt, "Castilians in Edinburgh (act. 1570–1573)".
- ↑ Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 93; Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 100