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(To wit)}</note>
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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_geo2235">Saint Mary White Chapell</rs>
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in the County of<lb></lb>
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, the <rs type="date" id="LMCOIC65102_date333">Fifteenth Day of July in the Twenty fifth 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_n2240-2">Thomas Phillips</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_n2240-3">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-4">Charles Meyer</rs>
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, James Plumber, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-5">Thomas Giggett</rs>
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, Samuel Gundry, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-6">William Swan</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-7">Benjamin<lb></lb>
Rice</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-8">Henry Stevens</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-9">William Clark</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-10">John Rogers</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-11">Samuel Monk</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-12">Joseph Chesney</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-13">John Hawes</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-14">James Mathews</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-15">Charles Earle</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 <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-16">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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came to his<lb></lb>
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-17">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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on the Twelfth Day of July<lb></lb>
in the Year aforesaid being coming down certain Stairs in the Dwelling House of William<lb></lb>
Lammas situate at <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2237">Stratford</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2238">Parish of Westham</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2239">County of Essex</rs>
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It so happened<lb></lb>
That he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-18">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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then and there accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell from<lb></lb>
the said Stairs upon the Wooden, Floor at the Bottom thereof By means whereof he the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-19">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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then and there received a Mortal Compression on his Brain Of which said<lb></lb>
mortal compression he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-20">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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from the said Twelfth Day of July in the Year<lb></lb>
aforesaid untill the Fourteenth Day of the same month in the same Year at the Parish last<lb></lb>
aforesaid and also at the Parish<obscured></obscured>
abovementioned to wit in<obscured></obscured>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2240">London Hospital</rs>
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there<lb></lb>
situate did Languish and Languishing did Live, On which said Fourteenth Day of July in<lb></lb>
the Year aforesaid he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-21">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2241">the Hospital</rs>
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aforesaid of the mortal<lb></lb>
Compression aforesaid did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say<lb></lb>
That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-22">Joseph Sharp</rs>
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in manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally casually<lb></lb>
and by Misfortune came to his Death<lb></lb>
IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2240-23">Charles Meyer</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="2241"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2241-1">Thos. Phillips</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65102_occ478">Coroner</rs>
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Chas. Meyer<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Foreman</p>
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