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- ↑ TOMKINS, Nathaniel (1584-1643), of Dean's Yard, Westminster and Fetter Lane, London Retrieved on 1 Mar 2018
- ↑ D. Lloyd, Mems. of the Lives of Excellent Personages (1668), p. 564; Historical Collections, v. 326.
- ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2008). The London Encyclopaedia . Pan MacMillan. p. 289. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
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