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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at 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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William Heare
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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 Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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William Mackreth
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, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
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on the said Sixteenth day of September in the Year aforesaid, one End
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of a certain piece of Small Cord unto an Iron Hook fastened into a
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Wooden Beam in the Kitchen of the dwelling House of the said
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William Mackreth
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situate and being in
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in the
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Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and the
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other End thereof about his own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and
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therewith did then and there hang suffocate and strangle himself
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of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the said
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William
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Mackreth
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then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said William Mickreth, 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 hill himself.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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William
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and
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the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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Foreman
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