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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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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 Edward Sheers came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Edward Sheers a
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Stableman, on the Fifth day of November in the Year aforesaid
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being in the Stable of
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in
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, And that one of the Horses in the
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said Stable then and there Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune kicked and trod upon the said Edward Sheers,
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be Means whereof the said Edward Sheers then and there
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received divers Bruises in and upon her
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said mortal Bruises he the said Edward Sheers then and
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there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say, that the said Edward Sheers in manner
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and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune came to his death and not otherwise. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first
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