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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Flower, Roger". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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| Preceded by Walter Beauchamp | Speaker of the House of Commons 1416–1419 | Succeeded by Roger Hunt |
| Preceded by Richard Baynard | Speaker of the House of Commons 1422 | Succeeded by Sir John Russell |
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