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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Margaret
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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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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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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not having the fear of God before
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his Eyes but being moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil, on the
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thirteenth day of October in the Year aforesaid with Force and Arms at the
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Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid in and upon
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himself in the Peace of God and of our said Sovereign Lord the King then and there
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being feloniously wilfully and of his Malice forethought did make an Assault,
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And that the said
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a certain Musket of the Value of ten Shillings
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charged with Gun powder and a leaden Bullet which he the said
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then
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and there had and held in his Hand feloniously wilfully and of his Malice
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forethought to and against the Head of him the said
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did then and
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there shoot off and discharge, and that by Means of the shooting off and discharging
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of the Musket aforesaid he the said
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with the leaden Bullet aforesaid so as aforesaid discharged and shot out of the
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Musket aforesaid by the force of the Gunpowder aforesaid in and through the Head of
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him the said
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one, Mortal Wound, of which said Mortal Wound he the said
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then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say, that the said
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James Holt
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid feloniously
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wilfully and of his Malice forethought did kill and murder himself, against the Peal
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of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity, And that the said
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at the
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time of the said Felony and Murder so as aforesaid done and committed had no
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Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements within the said Liberty or elsewhere to the
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knowledge of the said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said
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John Ward
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of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set
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their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place above written
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John Ward
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Foreman
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