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- ↑ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), 615.
- ↑ Registrum Honoris de Morton, vol. 2 (Bannatyne Club, 1853), pp. 263–265, 272–273, 288–293
- ↑ Cameron, Jamie, James V (Tuckwell, 1998), pp. 274–277.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Morton, James Douglas, 4th Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 880–881.
