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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London<lb></lb>
(that is to say) at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1100">parish of Saint James Garlick Hithe</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1101">Ward of Vintry</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
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aforesaid on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65010_date93">twenty ninth day of August in the thirty seventh year of<lb></lb>
the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third King of Great Britain and so forth</rs>
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before<lb></lb>
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of our said Lord the King for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1103">City of London</rs>
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and Borough of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1104">Southwark</rs>
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on view of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-4">Jane Davis</rs>
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now here lying<lb></lb>
dead by the oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-5">Joseph Smith</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-6">John Brealy</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-7">Robert Little</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-8">John Bell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-9">John Cox</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-10">Richard Griffiths</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-11">Solomon Chaffin</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-12">William Shearbood</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-13">John Jordan</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-14">Edward Cruse</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-16">Thomas Plumb</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-17">Edward Sage</rs>
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, good and lawful men of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1105">City of London</rs>
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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to<lb></lb>
inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said Jane<lb></lb>
Davis came to her death say upon their oath that a certain person to the Jurors aforesaid<lb></lb>
unknown on the twenty second day of August in the year aforesaid being obviving a<lb></lb>
certain Waggon drawn by four horses along and through a certain publick highway there<lb></lb>
situate It so happened that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-18">Jane Davis</rs>
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an infant child being running across<lb></lb>
the said street accidentally casually and by misfortune fell down upon the ground and the<lb></lb>
said horses springing suddenly forwards the off wheel of the said Waggon did then and there<lb></lb>
accidentally casually and by misfortune go against upon and pass over the right side<lb></lb>
of the face neck body hip thigh leg and foot of her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-19">Jane Davis</rs>
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by means whereof<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-20">Jane Davies</rs>
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did then and there receive divers mortal bruises in and upon<lb></lb>
the said face neck body hip thigh leg and foot of her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-21">Jane Davis</rs>
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of which<lb></lb>
said mortal bruises she the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-22">Jane Davis</rs>
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from the said twenty second day of August<lb></lb>
in the year aforesaid until the twenty seventh day of the said month of August in the same<lb></lb>
year at the parish aforesaid at the ward aforesaid in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1106">London</rs>
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aforesaid did languish and<lb></lb>
languishing did live and on the same day and year last aforesaid at the parish and<lb></lb>
Ward aforesaid in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1107">London</rs>
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aforesaid of the said mortal bruises did die and so the Jurors<lb></lb>
aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-23">Jane Davis</rs>
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in manner and<lb></lb>
by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his death and<lb></lb>
not otherwise And that the off fore wheel of the said Waggon was moving to the<lb></lb>
death of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-24">Jane Davis</rs>
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and is of the value of two Shillings and six pence and<lb></lb>
the property of and in the possession of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-25">Thomas White</rs>
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of Kenneths whereof there situate<lb></lb>
Wharfinger In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1190-26">Joseph Smith</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65010_occ545">foreman</rs>
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of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows<lb></lb>
in their presence have to this inquisition set their hands and seals the day year<lb></lb>
and place first above written</p>
<p n="1191"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1191-1">Joseph Smith</rs>
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