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<p n="633"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">City and Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo565">Westminster</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo566">County of Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit.</note>
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An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord<lb></lb>
the King at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo567">Saint Jameswithin the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the<lb></lb>
Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo568">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65203_date137">twenty sixth day of July</rs>
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in the Third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the grace of God of Great<lb></lb>
Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-1">Thomas Prickard</rs>
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Gentleman, Coroner of Our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of<lb></lb>
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then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-3">James Cook</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-6">John Hilliard</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-8">William Painter</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-9">William Burford</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-10">William Law</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-11">Richard Warwick</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-28">Richard Rorewell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-12">John Cade</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-13">William Burgess</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-14">John Thompson</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-15">Charles<lb></lb>
Russell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-16">Patrick Forne</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-48">James Mac' Dowell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-17">Meredith Dodd</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-87">William Herxes</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-47">Richard Hey</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-18">James Colwell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-19">William<lb></lb>
Lloyd</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-20">William Murphey</rs>
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, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who being<lb></lb>
then and there duly sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by<lb></lb>
what Means the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-21">Thomas Howard</rs>
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came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That on<lb></lb>
the Twenty fifth day of July in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and<lb></lb>
County aforesaid, the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-22">Thomas Howard</rs>
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, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding<lb></lb>
but lunatic and distracted, one End of a certain Linnen Handkerchief unto an Iron Hook, fastened<lb></lb>
in the Wall in a back Garret in the dwelling House of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-23">William Rouse</rs>
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, situate and being in Eagle Street<lb></lb>
in the said Parish Liberty and County, and the other End thereof about his own Neck, did fix,<lb></lb>
tye and fasten, and there with did then and there Hang, Suffocate, and Strangle himself, of which<lb></lb>
said Hanging, Suffocation and Strangling, He the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-24">Thomas Howard</rs>
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then and there Died:<lb></lb>
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-25">Thomas Howard</rs>
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, not<lb></lb>
being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatic and distracted, in Manner<lb></lb>
and by the Means aforesaid, did Kill himself, In Witness whereof as well the said<lb></lb>
Coroner, as the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n633-26">James Cook</rs>
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the<lb></lb>
rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals<lb></lb>
the Day Year and Place first above written</p>
<p n="634"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n634-1">Thos. Prickard</rs>
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.</p>
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Foreman</p>
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