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AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo1529">Saint Leonard Shoreditch</rs>
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in the County of<lb></lb>
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, the <rs type="date" id="LMCOIC65102_date224">Second Day of December in the Twenty third Year of the Reign of<lb></lb>
our sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third</rs>
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, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and<lb></lb>
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-2">Edward Umfreville</rs>
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one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-3">Ward Gray</rs>
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-4">Thomas Sims</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-6">William Bowman</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-7">John Davis</rs>
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; <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-8">Joseph Arthur</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-9">Philip Price</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-10">John Williams</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-11">William Woodward</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-12">Samuel<lb></lb>
Harper</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-13">John Armstrong</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-14">John Adams</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-15">John Granger</rs>
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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly<lb></lb>
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the<lb></lb>
said Ward Gray came to his<lb></lb>
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That The said Ward Gray on the Twenty ninth Day<lb></lb>
of November in the year aforesaid being the Driver of a certain Waggon<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
called<lb></lb>
The <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo1531">Cambridge</rs>
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Waggon which was then passing along the Kings Highway through <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo1532">Shoreditch Turnpike</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Parish and County aforesaid It so happened That accidentally casually and by<lb></lb>
Misfortune fell from the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-16">Ward Gray</rs>
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was then and there Jambe between One of the<lb></lb>
Shaft of the said Waggon and the Gate Post of the said Turnpike By Means<lb></lb>
whereof he the said Ward Gray then and there received divers Mortal Bruises in<lb></lb>
and upon the Arms and Body of him the said Ward Gray of which said Mortal<lb></lb>
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the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-17">Ward Gray</rs>
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at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid<lb></lb>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo1533">Parish of Saint Mary<obscured></obscured>
fellow<obscured></obscured>
Chappell</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the said County to wit in a certain Hospital there situate<obscured></obscured>
Languish for the<lb></lb>
Space of an Hour or thereabouts and then died (to wit) in the Hospital aforesaid And<lb></lb>
so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-18">Ward Gray</rs>
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally, casually Misfortune<lb></lb>
Came to his Death<lb></lb>
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n1479-19">Thomas Sims</rs>
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in<lb></lb>
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first<lb></lb>
above written.</p>
<p n="1480">E Umfreville<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Coroner<lb></lb>
Thos Sims<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Foreman</p>
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