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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to<lb></lb>
say at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1787">parish Saint Botolph without Bishopsgate</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1788">ward of Bishopsgate</rs>
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without<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1789">London</rs>
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aforesaid on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65005_date161">tenth day of September</rs>
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in the thirty second year of the reign of our<lb></lb>
Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland<lb></lb>
King defender of the faith and so forth before <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-3">Thomas Shelton</rs>
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for our said<lb></lb>
Lord the King for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1790">City of London</rs>
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and Borough of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1791">Southwark</rs>
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on view of the Body of Edward<lb></lb>
Smart now here lying dead by the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-4">Joseph Harris</rs>
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, Jospeh Nicholls, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-5">John Dobson</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-7">Jonathan Briggs</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-8">Samuel Nash</rs>
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,<del> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-9">Samuel Richards</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-11">Edward Priddle</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-12">James Swain</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-13">John Beaumont</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-14">Richard Killerby</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-15">William Williams</rs>
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, Francis<lb></lb>
Measam, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-16">Matthew Tripcony</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-17">John Dawsey</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-18">William Carridge</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-19">William Bird</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-20">John Beard</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-21">Joshua Cook</rs>
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, good and lawful men of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1792">City of London</rs>
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aforesaid who being now here duly<lb></lb>
chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what<lb></lb>
manner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-22">Edward Smart</rs>
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came to his death say upon then Oath that the said Edward<lb></lb>
Smart not being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted on<lb></lb>
the seventh day of September in the year aforesaid one end of a certain peice of Cord of<lb></lb>
the value of one penny round and about a certain Iron took fixed to a certain beam in the<lb></lb>
Cieling of a certain room belonging to the dwelling house of the said Edwards<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
there<lb></lb>
Situate and the other end of the said Peice of Cord unto and about his own neat did then and<lb></lb>
there fix tie and fasten by means whereof he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-23">Edward Smart</rs>
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did then and there<lb></lb>
hang strangle and suffocate himself by means of which said hanging Strangling and suffocation<lb></lb>
he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-24">Edward Smart</rs>
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their<lb></lb>
Oath aforesaid do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-25">Edward Smart</rs>
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not being of sound mind mind memory and<lb></lb>
understanding but lunatic and distracted did hang and kill himself In Witness whereof as well the said <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65005_occ677">Coroner</rs>
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as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1752-26">Joseph Harris</rs>
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the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the<lb></lb>
rest of his fellows in this presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
place first above written.</p>
<p n="1753"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1753-1">Joseph Harris</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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