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the Faith, Etc. before Edward Umfreville one of the Coroners of Our said Lord
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Weddall
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good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law required, and who being then and there duly sworn
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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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came to h is Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said
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on the Twenty first Day of April in the Year aforesaid being Crossing the Things
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along the said Highway drown by one Horse It so happened That the said
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of which said Mortal Bruises he the said
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so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said John
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Croker in Manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by
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In Witness whereof, as well 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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