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References
- ↑ Rhymer, Thomas, ed., Foedera, vol. 10, p. 301: Memorie of the Somervilles, vol. 1 (1815), 159 footnote, 164 footnote, 166-7.
- ↑ Somerville, James (1920). The Baronial House of Somerville. Glasgow: Maclehose. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ Douglas, Robert (1764). The Peerage of Scotland. Edinburgh. p. 627. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ Memorie of the Somervilles, vol. 1 (1815), 168-170 & footnote, 171 & footnote, 175, 176.
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