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- ↑ Pine, L.G., FSA Scot, &c.,The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, London, 1972: 32, ISBN 0-900455-23-3
- ↑ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.ii, p. 339, has him as being killed at the battle of Flodden but this is incorrect - see Complete Peerage and Pine (1972)
- ↑ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.ii, p. 339
- ↑ Foedera, xii, p. 241
- ↑ Bain, Joseph, FSA Scot, &c., Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, Edinburgh, 1888, vol.iv 1357-1509, addenda 1221-1435, no.1505, p. 308
- ↑ Bain, 1888, p. 418
- ↑ Anderson (1867), vol.ii, p. 339
- ↑ Pine, L.G., FSA Scot, &c.,The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, London, 1972: 32
- ↑ Nisbet, Alexander, A System of Heraldry &c., volume 2, 1722, facsimile edition, Edinburgh, 1984, Appendix, p. 106
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