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- ↑ King, John N. (2004). "Baldwin, William (d. in or before 1563), author and printer" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1171 . Retrieved 24 February 2021.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ King, John N. (2004). "Baldwin, William (d. in or before 1563), author and printer" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1171 . Retrieved 24 February 2021.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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