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now here duly chosen sworn and charged to Inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what
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Hops called Pockets did then and there accidentally casually and by misfortune fall with great force
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By means whereof he the said
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did then and there Receive divers mortal wounds and
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bruises in and upon the head face back Sides Arms legs and thighs of him the said
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of
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which said Mortal Wounds and bruises he the said
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from the said twentieth day
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of September in the Year aforesaid until the twenty second day of September in the Year aforesaid did
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languish and languishing did live On which said twenty second day of September in the Year aforesaid
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he the said
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at the parish and ward aforesaid in
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aforesaid of the said mortal Wounds and bruises did die And so
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the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in manner
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and by the means aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally killed In Witness
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as well the said Coroner as the said
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the Foreman of the said Jurors on behalf
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of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and
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Seals the day Year andPlace first above written.
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Foreman
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