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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty ded
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Chosen who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord in
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King, when how, and by what Means the said,
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came to her Death do
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upon their Oath say, that the said
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, not being of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding
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but lunatic and distracted, on the Twenty seventh day of November in the year aforesaid, at the Parish
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aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid,one End of a Certain piece of Small Cord unto the
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Wooden Curtain Rail of the Bed of the said
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in her Lodging Room or Apartment in the
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dwelling House of
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Linnen Draper, situate and being
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in the said
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Parish Liberty and County, and the other End thereof about her own Tick, did fix, tye,and fasten,and
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therewith did then and there hang, suffocate and Strangle herself, of which said Hanging,
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Suffocation, and Strangling, she the said
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then and there died. And so the Juror
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aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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Mind, Memory and Understanding, but lunatic and distracted, in Manner and by the
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Means aforesaid, did hill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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as the said
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Samuel Crowther
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself
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>
</
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>
and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set
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lb
>
</
lb
>
their Hands and Seals the Day year and Place first abovewritten
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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>
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Saml. Crowther
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inst
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Foreman
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p
>
</
div1
>
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