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An Inquisition Indented, taken Our Sovereign Lord the
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Third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain
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France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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Coroner of our said Lord the King, for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
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Lyon
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then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
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William Flack
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William Marcellus
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Alsop Archer
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Thomas Morgan
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Richard Leyford
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Mark Shotton
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Samuel Hussey
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Thomas Porter
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Thomas Oldfield
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Alexander Forrest
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John Dick
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John Pegg
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George Holland
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Charles Fourdrinier
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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty, duty chosen,
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who being then and there duty Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord, the King, when
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how and by what Means the said
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Michael Lyon
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came to his Death, do upon their Oath say
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That on the said Eighth day of April in the Year aforesaid, the said
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Michael Lyon
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then being a
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and employed in pulling down an old uninhabited House situate in
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a place called
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Durham Yard
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in the said
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within the Liberty and
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County aforesaid, It so happened that part of the said Building did then and there Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune fall down upon the Head of the said
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, and fracture
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the Scull of the said
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Michael Lyon
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, And the said
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Michael Lyon
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did then and there fall under the Rubbist
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and Materials of the said Building, and was therein Suffocated and Smothered, of which said Fracture Suffocation and
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Smothering he the said
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Michael Lyon
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then and there instantly Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon
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their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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Michael Lyon
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inst
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type
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value
=
"Michael"
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"Lyon"
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inst
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"WACWIC65203_n335-22"
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"gender"
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"male"
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>
in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally
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>
</
lb
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as
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lb
>
</
lb
>
well the said Coroner, as the said
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rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65203_n335-23"
>
William Flack
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>
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inst
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type
=
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value
=
"William"
>
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>
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interp
inst
=
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=
"Flack"
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inst
=
"WACWIC65203_n335-23"
type
=
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value
=
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interp
>
Foreman of the said Jurors, on behalf
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lb
>
</
lb
>
of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands
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>
</
lb
>
and Seals the Day Year and Place first above written
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p
n
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id
=
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>
Thos. Prickard
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>
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=
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=
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=
"WACWIC65203_n336-1"
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=
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inst
=
"WACWIC65203_n336-1"
type
=
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value
=
"male"
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>
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rs
type
=
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>
Coroner
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>
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interp
inst
=
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type
=
"occupation"
value
=
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.
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p
>
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p
n
=
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>
Willim: FlackForeman
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p
>
</
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