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- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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| Preceded by William Whittlesey | Bishop of Rochester 1364–1372 | Succeeded by Thomas Brinton |
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