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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, and who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged
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to inquire for our said Lord the King, when how and by what means the said
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came
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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not being of sound Mind Memory
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and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted on the Second day of December in the Year
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aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid in the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain Piece
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situate and being at
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in the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid
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and the other End thereof about his own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then
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and there hang, suffocate, and strangle himself, of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling
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He the said
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Thomas Philpot
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then and there instantly Died: And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid. do say, that the said
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Thomas Philpot
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, not being of sound Mind Memory and
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Understand, but Lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did Kill
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Himself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Christopher Blenkarn
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of Himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their
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presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place abovementioned
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