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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Anne
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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 Mary Liege came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Mary Liege on the
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Second day of January in the Year aforesaid being alone in her
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and being Old
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and Intoxicated with Liquor It so happened that the Cloaths
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which the said Mary Leife had on her Body then and there Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune took fire, by Means whereof and by the
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Flames arising from the said Fire the Head and Body of the said
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Mary Liege were then and there violently Burnt, of which
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said Burning she the said Mary Liege then and there died.
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That the said Mary Liege in Manner and by the Means
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aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to
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her Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as
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well the said Coroner, as the said
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the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
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Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned.
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