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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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Warrer
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John Grummant
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Joseph Smith
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William Lilly
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Henry Whaland
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Thomas Broadstock
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Henry Clark
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Robert Taylor
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John Ford
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Benjamin Cole
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John Tickner
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and
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John Cole
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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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his Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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John Stockman
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Aged Seventy
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four Years, being weak and infirm, and on the said Sixteenth
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day of December in the Year aforesaid going into the Yard
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adjoining to the dwelling House of the said
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John Stockman
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situate
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and being in Sherrard Street in the Parish aforesaid within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, It so happened that the said
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John Stockman
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in going out at the Back door, Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune fell down into a certain Water Tub
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in the said Yard near unto the Back Door, and in the Water
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in the said Tub was then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of
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which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
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John Stockman
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then
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and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid
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do say, That the said
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John Stockman
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in Manner and by the Means
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aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death
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and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said
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James Wingfield
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
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of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence, have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day year and Place first
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above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Jams. Wingfield
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Foreman
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