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- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 47
- ↑ Dangerous Talk: Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England, David Cressy, Oxford University Press, 2010
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 47
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 60
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 47
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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