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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at the
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the
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, the Twenty Second day of February in the twenty fifth
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Thomas
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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View of the Body of
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James Potts
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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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Henry Fleming
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Richard Swell
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John Jones
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Charles Buer
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William Chapman
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Thomas Ashwright
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Simon Watts
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Joseph Greensill
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Daniel Cooper
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Ricd
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Davies
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James Robertson
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William Browne
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Joshua Henderson
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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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James Potts
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came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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James Potts
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,
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suspected to have been Murderd, on the Twentieth
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day of February in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish
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aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
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departed this Life in a natural Way, and not by
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any Injury received from
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John Potts
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or any
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other Person to the knowledge of the said Jurors.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner,
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as the said
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Henry Fleming
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Foreman
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of the said
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Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of
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his Fellows, in their presence, have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and Place abovementioned.
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Tho. Prickard
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Henry Fleming
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Foreman
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