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- ↑ "SANDFORD, Robert II (d.1459/60), of Askham, Westmld. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ↑ Rawcliffe, C. R. (2019). "Sandford, Robert II (d.1459/60), of Askham, Westmld". The History of Parliament Online. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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