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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Clement Daines
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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, the twenty seventh day of December in the twenty seventh
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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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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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William Cottell
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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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Robert Boyle
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, Robert Plaxton,
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George
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Benjamin Walker
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William Johnson
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Nicolas Winter
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John Elsworth
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William Bruce
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John
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Richards
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Michael Corbett
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Henry Prescot
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William King
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Thomas Smith
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John Hall
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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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William Cattell
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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William Cattell
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the Infant
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on the twenty third day of December on the Year aforesaid at
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the Parish and in the Liberty & County aforesaid being laid to sleep
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in a certain turn up bed then and there being in a back room in
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the dwelling house of
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William Catell
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the
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>
Father
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>
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"Father"
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of the said
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>
William
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>
Cattell
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>
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inst
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"WACWIC65226_n2554-22"
type
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"William"
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inst
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"WACWIC65226_n2554-22"
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"surname"
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"Cattell"
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>
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inst
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"male"
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the
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>
Infant
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>
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. And
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Susanna Partridge
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>
Sister
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>
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type
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>
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>
of
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=
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>
Rebecca Cattell
</
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>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-8919"
type
=
"given"
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"Rebecca"
>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-8919"
type
=
"surname"
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=
"Cattell"
>
</
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>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-8919"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Mother of the said Infant coming into the said Room and not knowing
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
that the said William Catell was then and there asleep or lying
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
in the said Bed. it so happen'd that the said Susanna Partridge accidentally
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Casually & by Misfortune then and there innocently turned up the said Bid
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
by Means whereof he the said
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rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
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>
William Cattell
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-23"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
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>
<
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inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-23"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Cattell"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-23"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
the Infant in the Cloaths of the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
said bed was then and there Suffocated and Smothered of which said
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Suffocation and Smothering he the said
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-24"
>
William Cattell
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-24"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
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>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-24"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Cattell"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-24"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
the Infant
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
then & there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid do say, That the said
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-25"
>
William Cattell
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-25"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-25"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Cattell"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2554-25"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
the Infant in manner
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally, Casually & by Misfortune
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
came to his Death.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2555"
>
In Witness whereof as Well the said
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Coroner as the said
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rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
Robert Boyle
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
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type
=
"given"
value
=
"Robert"
>
</
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>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2555-1"
type
=
"surname"
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=
"Boyle"
>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2555-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
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>
Foreman
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_occ2134"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Foreman"
>
</
interp
>
of the said Jurors on
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the behalf of himself & the rest of his Fellows in their Presence
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Year and Place abovementioned.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2556"
>
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rs
type
=
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>
Tho. Prickard
</
rs
>
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inst
=
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type
=
"given"
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=
"Tho"
>
</
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>
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inst
=
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type
=
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=
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>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_n2556-1"
type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65226_occ2135"
>
Coroner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65226_occ2135"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Coroner"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2557"
>
Robt. BoyleForeman
</
p
>
</
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>
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