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- ↑ A Key to Both Houses of Parliament (1832), p. 416
- ↑ P. W. Hasler, Westbury (1558-1603) at historyofparliamentonline.org, accessed 6 November 2015
- ↑ LONG, Thomas (1539-93), of Westbury; later of Semington, Wilts. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
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