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Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and
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charged to inquire for Our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what means the said
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, came to her Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the twenty fourth day of February
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in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, the said
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Katherine Fortescue the Infant being with other Children gathering and Picking up sticks
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by the River side in a certain Place called Abery Farm near unto
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there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell into the said River and in the Waters
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thereof was then and there Drowned and Suffocated, of which said Suffocation and Drowning
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and there Died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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in Manner and by the
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Means aforesaid, Accidentally, Casually, and by Misfortune came to her Death, and not
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otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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