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- 1 2 Robert Surtees The History and Antiquitie of the County Palatine of Durham p20
- 1 2 'Records : The Manor', Register & Records of Holm Cultram (1929), pp. 204–222. Date accessed: 4 August 2011
- ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- 1 2 Eneas Mackenzie, Marvin Ross An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county Palatine of Durham, Volume 1
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography