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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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William Snow
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William Painter
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William Scarborough
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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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Mary Filewood
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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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Mary Filewood
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, not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the said
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Twenty first day of September in the Year aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of
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small Cord unto the Iron Curtain Rod at the feet of the Bed in the Bedchamber
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of her the said
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Mary Filewood
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in the Dwelling House of
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James Filewood
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, situate
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and being in
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, and the other End thereof about her own Neck, did fix tye and fasten, and
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therewith did then and there hang suffocate and strangle herself, of which
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said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the said
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Mary Filewood
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then and
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there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the
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Mary Filewood
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, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatic
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and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did hill herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said Francis Johnston
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows,
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in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day
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Year and Place first above written
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Francis Johnston
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Foreman
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