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AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish<lb></lb>
of Saint Luke Chelsea in the County of<lb></lb>
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, the <rs type="date" id="LMCOIC65102_date327">Eighth Day of July in the Twenty fifth Year of the Reign of<lb></lb>
our sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third</rs>
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, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and<lb></lb>
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-2">Thomas Phillips</rs>
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one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-3">John Small</rs>
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-4">Thomas Simpkin</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-5">William Abbott</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-6">John Waters</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-7">John Gardner</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-8">John Gregory</rs>
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, Thomas<lb></lb>
Long, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-9">William Burris</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-10">William Downes</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-11">Charles Chapman</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-12">William Tanner</rs>
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, Ellis<lb></lb>
Chittock, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-13">William Jackson</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-14">Edward Downes</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-15">Thomas Surr</rs>
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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly<lb></lb>
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-16">John Small</rs>
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came to his<lb></lb>
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-17">John Small</rs>
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on the seventh Day of July<lb></lb>
in the Year aforesaid accidentally, casually and by misfortune fell into The River<lb></lb>
Thames at the Bottom of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2204">Hog Lane</rs>
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in the Parish and County aforesaid and was in<lb></lb>
the Waters thereof then and there suffocated and drowned. Of which said Suffocation<lb></lb>
and Drowning he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-18">John Small</rs>
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then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid<lb></lb>
upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-19">John Small</rs>
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in Manner and by the<lb></lb>
means aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune came to his Death<lb></lb>
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2216-20">Thomas Simpkin</rs>
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in<lb></lb>
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first<lb></lb>
above written.</p>
<p n="2217"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2217-1">Thos. Phillips</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65102_occ469">Coroner</rs>
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<p n="2218">Thos. Simpkin<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Foreman</p>
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