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- 1 2 3 VCH Gloucestershire 4 The City of Gloucester. 1988. pp. 84–89. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Borough Patrons Essex and Cecil
- ↑ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750