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- ↑ C. Brooke, A History of Gonville and Caius College (Boydell and Brewer Ltd., Woodbridge 1985), p. 51 (Google).
- ↑ C.H. Cooper and T. Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses, I: 1500-1585 (Deighton, Bell & Co., Cambridge 1858), p. 191 (Google).
- 1 2 John Venn. Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College. pp. 28-29
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