His mother Maria died on 16 February 1859 at Brighton: "The inscription is as follows: - "This stone is erected by Mr Thomas Sayers, in remembrance of a kind and affectionate mother. Maria, wife of William Sayers, born January 26, 1782, died February 16, 1859." It was thought, at the time of his decease, that "Tom" would have been laid beside his mother. But it was ruled otherwise, and the late Champion's ashes now repose beneath a storied monument in Highgate Cemetery." - Bishop, John George (1867). Strolls in the Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery. First and Second Series-1864-67. Brighton: Fleet & Company. p. 75. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Google Books.
His mother Maria died on 16 February 1859 at Brighton: "The inscription is as follows: - "This stone is erected by Mr Thomas Sayers, in remembrance of a kind and affectionate mother. Maria, wife of William Sayers, born January 26, 1782, died February 16, 1859." It was thought, at the time of his decease, that "Tom" would have been laid beside his mother. But it was ruled otherwise, and the late Champion's ashes now repose beneath a storied monument in Highgate Cemetery." - Bishop, John George (1867). Strolls in the Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery. First and Second Series-1864-67. Brighton: Fleet & Company. p. 75. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Google Books.
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"Sale of Tom Sayer's Circus". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 14 November 1862. p. 7. Retrieved 22 July 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
"Tom Sayers at home". Middlesex Chronicle. 14 February 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 5 August 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
"Two circuses in one establishment". Bucks Chronicle and Bucks Gazette. 7 November 1863. p. 1. Retrieved 29 July 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
"The training of John Camel Heenan". Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle. The British Newspaper Archive. 30 January 1864. p. 7. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
"The late prizefight". Falkirk Herald. 14 January 1864. p. 7. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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"Complimentary Benefit to Jem Ward". Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle. 4 June 1864. p. 7. Retrieved 29 July 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
"Illness of Tom Sayers". Sporting Life. 22 February 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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"The Late Tom Sayers". Liverpool Mercury. 13 November 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 5 August 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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