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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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the Oath of
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William
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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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Thomas Thomlinson
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick
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and distracted on the said Twenty third day of September in the Year
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aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of small Cord unto a Pair
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of Scissars fastened into the Wainscot over the Door in the
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Lodging Room or Apartment of him the said
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Thomas Thomlinson
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in the Dwelling House of
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Elizabeth Sparkes
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situate
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County arround
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and the other End thereof about his own Neck did fix his and
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fasten, and therewith did then and there hang suffocate and
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strangle himself, of which said Hanging Suffocation and
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Stranghing he the said
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Thomas Thomlinson
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then and there
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died, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say, That the said
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Thomas Thomlinson
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not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did Kill himself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Humphrey Fifield
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Foreman
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of the said Jurors, on the behalf
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of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to
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this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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and Place abovewritten
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Tho Prickard
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Humphy Fifield Foreman
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