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the Faith, Etc. before Edward Umfreville one of the Coroners of Our said Lord
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Eginton,
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good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law required, and who being then and there duly sworn
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and charged to enquire for our said Lord the KING, when, how, and by what means the said
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came to h is Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said William
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Langley not being of sound mind, Memory and Understanding but Lunatic
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and Distracted on the Twelfth Day of January in the Year aforesaid
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said
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Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned
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