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- Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1902). Complete Baronetage 1625–1649. Vol. 2. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. p. 206.
- Noble, Mark (1787). Memoirs of the Protectoral-House of Cromwell; Deduced from an early period, and continued down to the present time; and, also the families allied to, or descended from them. Vol. 1 (3 ed.). London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson. p. 440.
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