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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at the Parish of
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in the Thirteenth 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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a Woman unknown then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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James
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Thomas Hurton
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Robert Mathews
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John Wynn
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John
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Stevens
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William Knight
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Thomas Exton
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, Henry List,
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William Flowers
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and
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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 Woman unknown came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Woman unknown on the
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Twenty eighth day of December in the Year aforesaid, was found dead
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in a certain Shed or Hovel situate and being in
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Hyde Park
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, near unto
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, in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
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County aforesaid, that the said Woman unknown had no Marks of
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violence appearing on her Body, but died through the Inclemency
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of the Weather, and not by any other Ways or Means whatsoever,
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to the Knowledge of the said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner, as the said
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James Barr
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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
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presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the
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Day Year and Place first above written
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