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- ↑ Basil Duke Henning The House of Commons, 1660-1690
- 1 2 3 "PHILIPPS, William (c.1615-c.89), of Haythog, Pemb". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ↑ W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales