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- ↑ Thomas WARD (Roman Catholic Soldier.) (1742). England's reformation ... A poem in four cantos ... The fifth edition. With marginal notes ... as also, the author's life, etc. printed, and sold by Hue Firstfire. p. 13.
- ↑ "Parishes: Danby | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thomas Ward". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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