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Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1230">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this 14th. day of September<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
1764 at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1231">Parish of St. George</rs>
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<lb></lb>
within the Liberty of Westmr. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1233">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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taken on an Inquisition on view of<lb></lb>
the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1131-1">Elizabeth Every</rs>
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lying Dead within<lb></lb>
the said Parish Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="1132"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1132-1">Peter Primmer</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ424">Soldier</rs>
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in the Cold Stream Regiment of<lb></lb>
Foot Guards on his Oath saith that yesterday about one<lb></lb>
o'Clock Deponent being asleep upon the bound <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1234">Hyde Park</rs>
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, says that he<lb></lb>
was awaked by a Woman (that stood upon the Stone Bridge<lb></lb>
there leading towards <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1235">Kensington</rs>
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) crying out that a Woman was<lb></lb>
Drowning says that she asked the Dept. if he could swim and desired<lb></lb>
that he would come & endeavoured to get the Deced out of<lb></lb>
the Water, Says that he<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1236">the Bridge</rs>
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directly, and<lb></lb>
saw the Deced in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1237">River above the Bridge</rs>
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, and<lb></lb>
about Seven Yards from the Shore, in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1238">Parish of<lb></lb>
St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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, Says that he saw the Deced<lb></lb>
move her Head twice in the Water, Says that a Person<lb></lb>
unknown to Dept. stripped off his Cloaths and went into<lb></lb>
the River, part of the Deced's head appearing above water<lb></lb>
Dept. says that he likewise went into the Water, and assisted the other<lb></lb>
Man to pull the Deced out to the Shore, but Depont<lb></lb>
observed no Signs of Life in the Deced at that time,<lb></lb>
and Dept. believes that she was Dead.</p>
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