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good and lawfull men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to inquire
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for our said Lord the King when, how and by what means the said Ann Fitsall
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came to her Death. do upon their Oath say. That the said Ann Fitsall being very old, and weak and
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infirm in Body, on the Twenty fifth day of January in the year aforesaid, being alone in
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her Room or Apartment in Emanuel Hospital (commonly called Lady Dacres Almshouses)
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situate in the Parish aforesaid within the City Liberty and County aforesaid, and then
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and there sitting in a Chair by her Fire side, It so happened that the Apron, Petticoat and
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other Cloaths of the said Ann Fitsall, which she the said, Ann Fitsall then and there had
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on her Body, Accidentally casually and by Misfortune took fire, by Reason whereof and
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from the smoke and flame arising from the said Fire, she
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Ann Fitsall
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then and there suffocated and Burnt of which said Suffocation and Burning she the said
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Ann Fitsall then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid,
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do say, that the said Ann Fitsall, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune, came to her Death, and not otherwise. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day year and place first above written.
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