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References
- Ashley, Roger (January 2008) [2004]. "Brydges, Thomas (d. 1559)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3810.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Lee, Sidney (1886). "Brydges, John". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 164–165.
