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- ↑ 'Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Colchester', in W. Page and J.H. Round (eds), A History of the County of Essex, Vol. 2 (V.C.H., London 1907), pp. 93-102 (British History Online).
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- ↑ '19 March 1472; Pro Priore & Conventu de Snapes', T. Rymer (ed.) Foedera, Vol. XI (London 1739-1745), pp. 733-50 (British History Online).
- ↑ A. Jessopp (ed.), Visitations of the Diocese of Norwich, A.D. 1492–1532, Camden Society New Series XLIII (1888), pp. 37, 69, 177 (Internet Archive).
- ↑ Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry IV, Vol. I: 1399-1401 (HMSO London 1903), pp. 271-72, 347 (Internet Archive).
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- ↑ W. Filmer-Sankey, 'The Dissolution Survey of Snape Priory', Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, XXXV Part 3 (1983), pp. 213-21 (Society's pdf).
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