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and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
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William Clemment
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Thomas Malton
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Robert Wilson
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Samuel Ashley
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William Branch
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John Wade
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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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William
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came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Twenty sixth day of September
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in the Year aforesaid, the said
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William Rawlins
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a Waterman, being at a certain Stairs called
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and seeing a
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William Rawlins
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endeavoured to remove the said Boat or Wherry, and in crossing a Lighter
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>
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>
lying there, laden with Coals, and fastened at the Head and Stern, It so happened that the foot of the said
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William Rawlins
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slipt, and that the said
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William Rawlins
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inst
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</
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>
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interp
inst
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then and there Accidentally Casually and by
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lb
>
</
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>
Misfortune fell out of the said Lighter into the River Thamas, and in the Waters thereof was then and there
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lb
>
</
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>
Suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
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rs
type
=
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id
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>
William Rawlins
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>
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"William"
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interp
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inst
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"Rawlins"
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inst
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"male"
>
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>
then and there
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lb
>
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>
Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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type
=
"persName"
id
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>
William Rawlins
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>
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interp
inst
=
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type
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value
=
"William"
>
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>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65203_n811-23"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Rawlins"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
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=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
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>
in Manner
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death, and not
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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rs
type
=
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id
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>
William Flack
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>
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"William"
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>
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>
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>
,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first abovewritten.
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p
n
=
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>
Tho. Prickard
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>
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>
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figure
rend
=
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>
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>
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>
Coroner
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>
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=
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>
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>
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lb
>
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>
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rs
type
=
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>
William Flack
</
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>
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=
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=
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=
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>
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inst
=
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=
"Flack"
>
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>
<
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inst
=
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=
"gender"
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=
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>
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interp
>
<
figure
rend
=
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>
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>
Foreman
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>
</
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>
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