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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 Tillott, P M (1961). The sites and remains of the religious houses', in A History of the County of York: the City of York. London. pp. 357–365.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ House of Commons Journal Volume 10: 19 May 1690. London. 1802. pp. 420–421.
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