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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that<lb></lb>
is to say at the parish of Saint Bartholomew the less in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo13">Ward of Farringdon</rs>
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without<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo14">London</rs>
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aforesaid on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65009_date6">twelfth day of January in the thirty sixth year of the reign of<lb></lb>
our 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</rs>
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before <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-2">Thomas Shelton</rs>
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of our said<lb></lb>
Lord the King for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo15">City of London</rs>
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and Borough of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo16">Southwark</rs>
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on view of the body of George<lb></lb>
Davis now here lying dead by the oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-3">John Evans</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-10">John Bush</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-11">Ralph Monk</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-12">William Buckridge</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-13">William Belcher</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-14">Richard Benson</rs>
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and George Streeten good and lawful<lb></lb>
men of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo17">City of London</rs>
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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and<lb></lb>
charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-15">George Davis</rs>
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came to his death say upon their oath that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-16">George Davis</rs>
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on the<lb></lb>
eighth day of January in the year aforesaid not being of sound mind memory and<lb></lb>
understanding but lunatic and distracted at the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo18">Saint James Clerkenwell</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo19">County of Middlesex</rs>
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with a certain pen knife of the value of one penny which<lb></lb>
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the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-17">George Davis</rs>
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in his right hand then and there had and held the neck and<lb></lb>
throat of him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-18">George Davis</rs>
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with the pen knife aforesaid did then and there violently<lb></lb>
cut giving to himself the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-19">George Davis</rs>
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with the penknife aforesaid one mortal wound<lb></lb>
in and upon the throat of him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-20">George Davis</rs>
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of which and mortal wound<lb></lb>
he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-21">George Davis</rs>
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from the said eighth day of January in the year aforesaid until the<lb></lb>
tenth day of the same month of January in the same year as well at the said parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo20">Saint James Clerkenwell</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo21">County of Middlesex</rs>
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aforesaid<del>without<obscured></obscured>
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as also at<lb></lb>
the said parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo22">Saint Bartholomew the less</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo23">Ward of Farringdon</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo24">City of London</rs>
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<lb></lb>
aforesaid did languish and languishing did live on which said tenth day of January<lb></lb>
in the year aforesaid at the parish and Ward Aforesaid in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo25">London</rs>
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aforesaid the said George<lb></lb>
Davis of the said Mortal wound did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid<lb></lb>
do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-22">George Davis</rs>
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not being of sound mind memory and understanding<lb></lb>
but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did Kill<lb></lb>
himself In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n19-23">John Evans</rs>
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the<lb></lb>
foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence<lb></lb>
have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above<lb></lb>
written</p>
<p n="20"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n20-1">John Evans</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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