A number of books and magazines have been consulted in the writing of this book amd website.
Northumberland and Taunton/Sherborne
| Burke's Peerage 1862 and 1964 | |
| Debrett's Illustrated Peerage 1990 | |
| Dictionary of National Biography | |
| Who's Who 1988 and 1991 | |
| "Fodor"s" England 1990 | |
| A History of the English Speaking Peoples | W.S. Churchill |
| The King's Peace 1637-41 | Dame Veronica Wedgwood |
| This War Without an Enemy | Richard Ollard |
| Boswell's London Journal 1762-3 | F.A. Pottle Ed. |
| Concise English History O.U.P. | |
| * Alfred to Henry III | Christopher Brooke |
| * Fourteenth Century 1307-99 | Frank McKissack |
| * Fifteenth Century 1399-1485 | Henry Jacob |
| The Romance of Northumberland | A.G. Bradley |
| Life of Cardinal Wolsey | John Galt |
| The Tower of London | Peter Jamieson |
| English Social History | G.M. Trevelyan |
| King Charles II | Lady Antonia Fraser |
| The Age of Elegance | Sir Arthur Bryant |
| Battles in Britain 1066-1746 | William Seymour |
| Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses | A.L. Rowse |
| Elizabeth I | Jasper Ridley |
| Henry VIII | Jasper Ridley |
| The Reign of King John | Sidney Painter |
| Edward I | Michael Prestwich |
| King Richard II | Bryan Bevan |
| Victoria History of the County of Dorset Vol III | O.U.P. |
| Numerical Terrier of the Parish of Sherborne, 1834 | Edward Thomas Percy |
| History of England | Thomas Babbington Macaulay |
| The Plantagenet Encyclopedia | Elizabeth Hallam Ed. |
| Pillars of Monarchy | Philip Mansel |
| Yorkshire | James Herriott |
| New Zealand | |
| Government Archive, Wellington | |
| Wairarapa Archive, Masterton | |
| Wairarapa | A.G. Bagnall |
| Masterton 1st Hundred Years | A.G. Bagnall |
| Once Upon a Village | David P. Millar |
| Lower Hutt, The First Garden City | David McGill |
| Petone. A History | Susan Butterworth |
| Early Wellington | Louis Ward |
| New Zealand Cyclopedia, Wellington Vol 1 | 1902 |
| Bragg's Wellington and the Wairarapa | William Main |
| The Interpreter | Angela Coughey |
| Curtain-raiser to a Colony | Cecil and Celia Manson |
| A Goodly Heritage | Irene Adcock |
The compiler hopes that you have enjoyed the experience and that it has given you more insight into your roots. There remain areas where our knowledge is sketchy and incomplete, but efforts are being made to complete the story.
Many stories are still out there begging to be told. More family records are probably stored away as well. They hopefully will in the near future be forthcoming so that they may be chronicled for all to see and experience.