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Reign of our
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then and there lying dead, upon the oath of Robert Hexter Roger
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and charged to enquire for our said Lord the KING, when, how, and by what means the said
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and the Misfortune fell into a Ditch of Water and Mind in the Parish and
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County aforesaid And was therein suffocated and Smothered Of which said
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally, casually
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In Witness whereof, as well as the said Coroner, as the said
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the Foreman of
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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned
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E: Umfreville
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