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- ↑ John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- 1 2 Parishes: Godmersham, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 319-332. Date accessed: 24 November 2010
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