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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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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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George Trigere
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James Urquhart
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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 Jane Vialls came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Jane Vialls, not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the
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Eleventh day of March in the Year aforesaid at the
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid with a certain Clasp'd
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Knife, made of Iron and Steel, which she the said Jane Vialls then and there
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had and held in her Right hand, the Throat or Gullet of her the said
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Jane Vialls did then and there strike stab and penetrate, thereby,
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then and there giving unto herself with the Knife aforesaid, in
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and upon the Throat or Gullet of her the said Jane Vialls one mortal
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of which said mortal Wound she the said Jane Vialls languished
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about three Hours, and on the said Eleventh day of March in the Year
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aforesaid she the said Jane Vialls at
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in the said
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within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, of the mortal Wound aforesaid, did die. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Jane Vialls,
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick
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and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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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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