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good and lawfull men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who being then and there do
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sworn and Charged to inquire for our said Lord the Ring when haw, and by what
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on the Twenty seventh day of August in the Year aforesaid, the said
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of Carew Harvey Mile may Esquire, situate and being in
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which said Court or Yard was paved with Stone; by means whereof the said
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his Death, and not Other wise. In Witness where of as well the said Coroner, as the said
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presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written.
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Coroner
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John Edridge
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Foreman
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