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- ↑ Noble, Mark (1804). A History of the College of Arms. p. 209.
- ↑ CSPD James I (1611-1618). p. 453.
- ↑ The Visitation of the County of Surrey. Harleian Society. 1899.
- ↑ "Will of Samuel Thompson of Streatham, Surrey".