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References
- ↑ Luke Potter, http://vernonfamilytree.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/roger-de-vernon-first-of-vernons.html ,
- ↑ M.Fauroux, Actes des Ducs de Normandie, 911–1066, No.80
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