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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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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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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Eleanor Tomkins on the Twenty Seventh
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day of July in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid to wit
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at a certain Place there called George and Plough Yard being much intoxicated with Liquor
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it so happened that accidentally casually and by Misfortune she the said
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Eleanor Tomkins
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by
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reason and means of such intoxication was then and there choaked suffocated and strangled
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of which said Choaking suffocation and Strangling she the said
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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 said
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in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally causally and by
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Misfortune came to her Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the
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Said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of
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the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at
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the Place abovementioned.
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Walter TyrrellForeman
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