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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen
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sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in
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what manner the said John Gromant came to his death say upon their Oath that
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who said John Gromant not being of sound mind memory and understanding
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but lunatic and distracted on the nineteenth day of July in the year aforesaid
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one end of a certain peice of Cord unto and about a certain Iron Staple fixed in
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the Wall in a certain room belonging to the dwelling house of one
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there situate and the other end of the said paace of Cord round and about his own
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neck did then and there fix tie and fasten by means whereof he the said John
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Gromant did then and there hang and strangle and suffocate himself by Means of
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not being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted did hang and kill himself In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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of himself and the rest of his fellows have in their presence to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place
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first above written.
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