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Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France
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and Ireland King defender of the faith and so forth before
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here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and
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on the eighteenth day of September in the year aforesaid
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and in and with the waters of the said
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River was then and there suffocated drowned of which said suffocation and drowning
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he the said
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die then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in manner and by the means
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aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune was suffocated and drowned In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Stephen Hempton
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the foreman of the said Jurors
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on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals
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the day year and place first abovewritten.
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