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- ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- ↑ "The Vicar of Bray – What History Tells of a Legendary Figure". The Glasgow Herald . 12 March 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ↑ "CCEd Record ID: 77982", The clergy database.