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- 1 2 3 4 5 Ford, David Nash (2009). Berkshire in the Reign of Henry VIII. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing.
- ↑ p.171-176, Testwood and his Companions, John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs , 2000, Ambassador Publications
