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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo837">County of Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit</p>
<p n="926">An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord<lb></lb>
the King at the Parish of Saint Jameswithin the Liberty of the Dean and Chapel<lb></lb>
of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo838">Westminster</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo839">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the Fifth<lb></lb>
day of Mayin the Sixthyear of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George<lb></lb>
the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith<lb></lb>
and so Forth before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-1">Thomas Prickard</rs>
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Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for<lb></lb>
the said City and Liberty, On View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-2">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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then and there lying Dead, upon<lb></lb>
the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-3">Thomas Tovey</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-4">James Cox</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-5">Benjamin Cole</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-6">David Rees</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-7">John Read</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-8">Samuel Tilt</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-9">George Malkin</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-10">Francis Coates</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-11">James Delaperrelle</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-12">Stephen Blunt</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-33">William Soudder</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-13">James Bramble</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-14">William<lb></lb>
Cockell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-15">Bernard Charlton</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-16">John Hardie</rs>
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, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly<lb></lb>
chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King<lb></lb>
when, how and by what Means the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-17">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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came to her Death, do upon<lb></lb>
their Oath say, That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-18">John Lewis</rs>
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late ofthe Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo840">Hampstead</rs>
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in the County<lb></lb>
aforesaid Laborer, on the Sixteenth day of April in the Year aforesaid, in the Face and Arons at the said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo841">Hampstead</rs>
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in the County aforesaid, in and upon the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-19">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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, in the Peace of God and of our said<lb></lb>
Lord the King then and there being, Feloniously did make an Assault, And that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-20">John Lewis</rs>
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<lb></lb>
with a certain Knife made of Iron and Steel, which he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-21">John Lewis</rs>
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then and there had and held<lb></lb>
is his Hand, her the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-22">Elizabeth Thomson</rs>
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, in and upon the back of the left Hand of her the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-23">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Thompson</rs>
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then and there Feloniously did strike and stab, And that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-24">John Lewis</rs>
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, with the Knife<lb></lb>
aforesaid, did then and there given unto her the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-25">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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in and upon the back of the<lb></lb>
said left Hand of her the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-26">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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one mortal Wound, of which said mortal Wound she the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-27">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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at the Parish aforesaid, and also at the said <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo842">Parish of St. James</rs>
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within the Liberty and<lb></lb>
County aforesaid, from said Sixteenth day of April in the Year aforesaid until the Fifth day of May in<lb></lb>
the same Year, did languish and languishing did live, on which said Fifth day of May in the Year aforesaid<lb></lb>
at the said <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo843">Parish of St. James</rs>
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, she the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-28">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Thompson</rs>
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, of the Mortal Wound aforesaid, did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their<lb></lb>
Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-29">John Lewis</rs>
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, her the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-30">Elizabeth Thompson</rs>
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, in Manner and<lb></lb>
by the Means aforesaid, Feloniously did Kill and Slay, against the Peace of our said Lord the King<lb></lb>
his Crown and Dignity, And that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-31">John Lewis</rs>
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at the time of the doing and committing of the<lb></lb>
Felony and Manslaughter aforesaid, or at any time since had no Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements<lb></lb>
within the said County, or elsewhere, to the Knowledge or Notice of the said Jurors. In Witness where of as<lb></lb>
well the said Coroner, as the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n926-32">Thomas Tovey</rs>
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and<lb></lb>
the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the<lb></lb>
Day Year and Place first above written.</p>
<p n="927"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n927-1">Thos. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ289">Coroner</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="928"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n928-1">Thos: Tovey</rs>
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foreman</p>
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