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References
- ↑ "MUSGRAVE, Richard (1524-55), of Hartley, Westmld. and Edenhall, Cumb". History of Parliament Online.
- ↑ Joseph Nicolson & Richard Burn, History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland, vol. 1 (London, 1777), p. 595.
- ↑ 'MUSGRAVE, Sir Simon (d.1597), of Eden Hall', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981