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References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Walden, Roger". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 254.
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