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- ↑ Lower, Mark Antony (1849). English Surnames. Essays on family nomenclature, historical, etymological, and humorous. With chapters of rebuses and canting arms, the Roll of Battel Abbey, a List of latinized surnames, etc. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). London: John Russell Smith. p. 178 – via Google Books.
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