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- ↑ John Patrick Cunningham, The Consort Music of William Lawes, 1602-1645 (Boydell, 2010), p. 17: Andrew Ashbee, Records of English Court Music, 1603-1625, vol. 4 (1991), p. 33: David Lasocki & Roger Prior, The Bassanos: Venetian Musicians and Instrument Makers in England, 1531-1665 (Ashgate, 1995), p. 219.
- ↑ University of Cambridge Library: Trumbull lute book (MS Add.8844)
- ↑ E. K. Purnell & Allen B. Hinds, HMC Downshire, vol 2 (London, 1936), pp. xxi, 220, 491.
- ↑ Andrew Ashbee, Records of English Court Music, 1603-1625, vol. 4 (1991), p. 197.
- ↑ Andrew Ashbee, Records of English Court Music, 1603-1625, vol. 4 (1991), p. 200.
- ↑ Andrew Ashbee, Records of English Court Music, 1603-1625, vol. 4 (1991), p. 199.
- ↑ Jemma Field, Anna of Denmark: The material and visual culture of the Stuart courts, 1589–1619 (Manchester, 2020).