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Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who being
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then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King, when how and by
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what means the said Female Childcame to her Death, do upon their Oath say, That
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on the
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in the Year aforesaid, one Ann Gascoine, Servant
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to the Right Honourable the Lady Tyrconnel, being Pregnant with a certain Female
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Bastard Child, afterwards, to Wit, on the same Day and Year, at the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, did bring forth the said
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Female Bastard Child with hard Labor and lingering Pains; and that the
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said Female Bastard Child then and there in a difficult Birth did Dye, without
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any hurt or Injury received from the said
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Ann Gascoine
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the Mother thereof, or any
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other Person to the Knowledge of the said Jurors, And that no Marks of Violence
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appeared on the Body of the said New Born Female Bastard Child. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Thomas Whitmey
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said Jurors, on behalf of himself, and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence,
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place
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first above written
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Thomas Whitmey
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