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- ↑ Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 475.
- ↑ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 475, 482-3, 613-4.
- ↑ Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 3 (London, 1791), pp. 52-3.
- ↑ HMC 9th Report: Lord Elphinstone (London, 1884), p. 195 no. 59.
- ↑ Malcolm, David, Genealogical Memoir of the House of Drummond, (1808) p.75
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