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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by that what Means the said
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came to
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his Death do upon their Oath say, That the said Robert Daddington, not being
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of Sound Mind, Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
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on the Seventh day of October in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain Piece of
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small Cord unto a piece of Tundex in
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near the outward Door, in the House
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Parish Liberty and County, and the other End thereof about his own
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suffocate and strangle himself, of which said Hanging suffocation
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and Strangling, he the said
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then and there died.
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and so the Jurors aforesaid upon theie Oath aforesaid do say, that
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the said Robert Doddington, not being of sound Mind Memory and
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Understanding, but lunatick and distracted in Manner and by
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the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof as
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well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the
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said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in
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their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
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the Day Year and Place first above written
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Robt BaldeyForeman
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