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An Inquisition Indented taken our Sovereign Lord the King at London that<lb></lb>
is to say at the Precinct of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo235">Saint Ann</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo237">Ward of Farringdon</rs>
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without<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo238">London</rs>
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aforesaid on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65008_date73">twenty fourth day of February</rs>
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in the thirty fifth year of the reign<lb></lb>
of our Sovereign in Lord George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland<lb></lb>
King Defender of the faith and so forth before <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-2">Thomas Shelton</rs>
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Coroner of our<lb></lb>
said Lord the King for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo239">City of London</rs>
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on view of the body<lb></lb>
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now here lying dead by the oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-4">William Powell</rs>
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John<lb></lb>
Fowler <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-11">John Holmes</rs>
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George Pell Richard<lb></lb>
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being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King<lb></lb>
when how and in what manner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-19">Robert Whitworth</rs>
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came to his death say<lb></lb>
upon their oath that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-20">Robert Whitworth</rs>
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not being of sound mind memory and understanding<lb></lb>
but lunatic and distracted on the twenty second day of February in the year aforesaid at the<lb></lb>
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aforesaid one end of a certain peice of Cord of no value<lb></lb>
unto and about a certain Iron Staple fixed in the Ceiling in a certain room belonging to the dwelling<lb></lb>
house of one <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-21">Edward Holmes</rs>
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there situate and the other end of the said peice of Cord round and about his own<lb></lb>
neck did then and there fix tye and fasten by means whereof he the <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-22">Robert Whitworth</rs>
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did then and<lb></lb>
there hang strangle and suffocate himself by which said hanging strangling and suffocation he the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-23">Robert Whitworth</rs>
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath of<lb></lb>
aforesaid do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-24">Robert Whitworth</rs>
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not being of sound mind memory and<lb></lb>
understanding but lunatic and distracted did hang and kill himself In Witness whereof<lb></lb>
as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n319-25">William Powell</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="320">Willm Powell<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Formon</p>
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