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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 Henry Lea came to
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h is Death, upon their Oath say That the said Henry Lea not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding but
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and Distracted, on the Seventeenth day of
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January in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid in the liberty and County aforesaid
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of Small Cord unto a Brass Hook faster
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into the Wainsert
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in a Room in the Dwelling House of the said Henry Lea Situate on Brewers Green
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in the said Parish Liberty and County and the other and thereof about his own Neck did
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Fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then and there Hang Suffocate and Strangle
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himself of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the said Henry Lea
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then and there Died. And to the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say. That
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the said Henry Lea not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and
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Distracted in manner and by the Means aforesaid did Kill himself. In Witness whereof
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as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid, or behalf of himself and
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the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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and at the Place abovementioned.
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