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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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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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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 Thomas Christey came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Christey on
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the Twenty ninth day of March in the Year aforesaid being
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in the Parish
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aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and
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then and there Sailing down the said River, It so happened
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that by a sudden gust of Wind that Boat in which the said Thomas
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Christey was sailing was then and there Overset, and the said
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Thomas Christey Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
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was then and there
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suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning
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he the said Thomas Christey then and there died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Thomas
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Christey in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his death, and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his said Fellows in their presence have to
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this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
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abovementioned.
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Hen. FoleyForeman
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