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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Richard Dewdney
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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 Richard Boughen came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Richard Boughen not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on
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the said Thirtieth day of July in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in
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the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of small Cord
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unto an Iron Spike fastened into the Wainscott, in the Lodging Room or
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Apartment of him the said Richard Boughen situate and being in the said
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Parish Liberty and County, and the other End thereof about his own Neck
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did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then and there hang suffocate and
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strangle himself, of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he
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the said Richard Boughen then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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upon their Oath aforesaid
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say, that the said Richard Boughen, not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and
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distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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George
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest
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of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands
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and Seals the Day Year and Place first above written
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