From Hume's History of England, Cadell's edition of 1841 (6 vols. 8vo)
- 1 Herbert, p. 431, 432.
- 2 Collier, vol. ii. p. 176.
- 3 Stowe, p. 575.
- 4 Burnet, p. 322.
- 5 34 and 35 Hen. VIII. c. i.
- 6 Mémoires du Bellay, lib. x.
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