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References
- ↑ Watkins Shaw. The Succession of Organists of the Chapel Royal and the Cathedrals of England and Wales from c.1538, Oxford, 1991
- ↑ His appointment at Canterbury appears to have been interrupted for a decade from 1554, when payments were made to Thomas Bull
- ↑ John Caldwell (rev. Alan Brown). 'Shelbye [Selby], William', in Grove Music Online (2001)
- ↑ Early English Organ Music. Vol. 2 , Naxos 8.550719 (1993)