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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65004_geo1370">Saint Botolph without Aldgate</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65004_geo1371">Ward of Aldgate</rs>
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in London aforesaid on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65004_date80">twenty <lb></lb>
third day of September</rs>
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in the thirty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the<lb></lb>
third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith<lb></lb>
and so forth Before <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-3">Thomas Shelton</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the<lb></lb>
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and Borough of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65004_geo1373">Southwark</rs>
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on view of the Body of two Infant Children<lb></lb>
whose names are unknown now here lying dead by the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-4">Thomas King</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-5">Thompson Andrew</rs>
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Robson <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-6">James Turnbull</rs>
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William Cordell <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-7">Thomas Dixon</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-8">John Everard</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-9">John Cook</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-11">George Brand</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-12">William Starr</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-13">William Hunter</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-14">William Pashley</rs>
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Thomas<lb></lb>
Turner <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-15">Edward Smith</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-16">John Chamberlayne</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-17">Richard Hathaway</rs>
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good and lawful<lb></lb>
men of the Parish and Ward aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and<lb></lb>
Charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said two<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65004_occ487">Children</rs>
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came to their deaths Say upon their Oath that the said two Children being in a<lb></lb>
Certain House there situate. It so happened that the said House accidentally casually<lb></lb>
and by misfortune caught fire and the said two Children with the Flames of the said<lb></lb>
Fire were then and there mortally burned of which said Burning the said two infant<lb></lb>
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do<lb></lb>
say that the said two infant Children in manner and by the means aforesaid Casually<lb></lb>
and by misfortune were accidentally burned and Killed In Witness whereof as well<lb></lb>
the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1347-18">Thomas King Thompson</rs>
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the Foreman of the said Jurors on<lb></lb>
Behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set<lb></lb>
their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first above written</p>
<p n="1348"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65004_n1348-59">Thos King Thompson</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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