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- ↑ "Lincoln episcopal records in the time of Thomas Cooper, Bishop of Lincoln" Foster, C.W. p288: London; Canterbury & York Society; 1913
- ↑ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Mab-Marygold
- ↑ Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 9, pp. 9–11
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