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in the thirty fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord
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George the third by the race of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
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Lord the King when how and in what manner the said
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mind memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted on the twenty fourth day of April
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Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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the
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foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence
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have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above written
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Wm Jackson
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Foreman
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