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- 1 2 "GAGE, Robert (c.1519-87), of Haling, Surr. - History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ↑ CPR, 1550-3, p. 179; 1554-5, p. 185; 1555-7, p. 213; Barbican House, Lewes, BA 37; Gage ms 21/40; Cath. Rec. Soc. xxii. 42; HMC Hatfield, iii. 308; iv. 272; CSP Dom. 1591-4, p. 507; APC, xviii, 415; xix. 194; xx. 207; J. Gillow, Bibl. Dict. Eng. Catholics, ii. 364.
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