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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Joseph Skinner
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Thomas
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Fidgon
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Thomas George
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John Emerson
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William Iles
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Richard Strange
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Silvester Freeman
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Good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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Chosen, whe 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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Thomas English
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came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Thomas English
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on the Twenty
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eighth day of April in the Year aforesaid being running along the Street
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behind
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Liberty and County aforesaid, and the Door of the Coal bellar of
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Joseph
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that the said
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then and there Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune fell out of the said Street into the said Coal bellar, and thereby did
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then and there receive a mortal Concussion in and upon the Brain of him
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the said
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, of which said Mortal Concussion he the said
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from the said Twenty eighth day of April in the Year aforesaid until
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the Eighth day of May in the same Year, at the said Parish of
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and also at the said Parish of
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aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live, on which said Eighth day
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of May in the Year aforesaid at the said Parish of St. Margaret, he the said
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Thomas English
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of the mortal Concussion aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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