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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. William Davies". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites: - Richard Challoner, Missionary Priests (London, 1741);
- Joseph Gillow, Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath., II, s v.;
- Douay Diaries (London, 1878);
- Diego de Yepes, Hist. de la Persecucion en Inglaterra;
- Bede Camm, In the Brave Days of Old (London, 1899).
