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now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King
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when how and in what manner the said
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came to his death say upon
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their oath that the said
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understanding but lunatic and distracted on the twenty sixth day of April in the
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thirty seventh year of the reign of our
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year aforesaid one end of a certain rope of no value unto and about a certain
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Iron spike nail fixed in the Joists of a certain room in the dwelling house of
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one there situate And the other end of the said rope round and
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about his own neck did then and there fix tye and fasten by means whereof
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the said
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of which said hanging strangling and suffocation the said
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did then
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and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say
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that the said
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but lunatic and distracted did hang and kill himself. In Witness whereof as
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well the said Coroner as the said
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of the said Jurors on
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behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this
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Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above
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written.
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Wm Burt
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Foreman
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