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- 1 2 'Hurstbourne Priors', A History of the County of Hampshire; Volume 4 (1911), pp. 287-291. Date accessed: 17 December 2011
- ↑ Students admitted to the Inner Temple 1571-1625
- ↑ Knights of England
- ↑ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp156-166
- ↑ Early Stuart libels
- 1 2 George E. Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Vol. 1 (1900)