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King, at the
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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in the Tenth Year
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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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, Gentleman,
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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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Stephen Rogers
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Robert Wright
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Emanuel Lloyd
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Thomas Blackmore
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John Easton
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Alexander Ennis
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John Spiller
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Robert Ashton
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Josiah Twichell
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Thomas Brooks
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John Scott
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Thomas Eade
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Richard Lane
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Peter Dunbabin
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Joseph Carr
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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 what Means the said
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Stephen Rogers
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Stephen Rogers
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on the Third
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day of January in the Year aforesaid was found drowned and suffocated
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in the
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River Thames
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, to Wit, at
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Mill Bank
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near the Horse Ferry, in
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the Parish aforesaid within the City Liberty and County aforesaid, That
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the said
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Stephen Rogers
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had no Marks of Violence appearing on his Body,
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but how or by what Means he became drowned and Suffocated, no Evidence
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thereof doth appear to the Jurors. In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner, as the said
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Robert Watson
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Foreman of the said Jurors,
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence,
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and
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Place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Foreman
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