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Creighton,
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Lord the King when, how and by what Means the said
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on the tenth Day
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of Violence appearing about him And how or by what Means he became drowned and
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Suffocated no Evidence doth appear to the said Jurors
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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in their Presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day and
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Year first abovewritten
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Robt Warner
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