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'L. Sir Robert (VI) Wingfeld of Lethringham', in P. and M. Bickerton (2020), "The Wingfield Heraldry and Crests", Letheringham Lodge website, citing J. Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland: or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, Vol. V (James Moore, Dublin 1789), p. 263 (Google).
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A copy of the engraving, "A View of the Court of Wards and Liveries", with caption, is held at The British Museum, Prints online Museum no. Y,5.121. (The British Museum). View another copy at a Digital Vetusta Monumenta (Vol. 1 Plate 70), at missouri education.
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Will of Dame Margaret Stanley or Margaret Stanly, Wife (P.C.C. 1596, Drake quire): see Transcript and notes by Nina Green (2008), 'The National Archives PROB 11/88, ff. 217-8' (oxford-shakespeare.com pdf).
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