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<p n="106"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo88">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westminster</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo89">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="107">Informations taken this Fifteenth day of<lb></lb>
January 1766 at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo90">Parish of St George</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Honover Square within the Liberty of Westmr<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo91">County of Middlesex</rs>
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on an inquisition <lb></lb>
touching the Death of a New born Male Child<lb></lb>
lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty and <lb></lb>
County.</p>
<p n="108"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n108-5">Richard Fordenham Brooks</rs>
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aged about twelve years<lb></lb>
son of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n108-1">Thomas Brooks</rs>
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of providence Court Bricklayer<lb></lb>
on his Oath saith, that between twelve and one o'Clock yesterday<lb></lb>
Deponent was going along Vigo Lane in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo92">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
George Hanover Square</rs>
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when he saw or Wig Box lying in<lb></lb>
the area belonging to St. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n108-2">William Howley</rs>
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's House and tied<lb></lb>
with a piece of Cord, Dept. says that he called to his Mother<lb></lb>
(who was looking after Sir <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n108-3">William Rowley</rs>
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's House) saying<lb></lb>
that he had found a Priza, upon which Depts. Mother said<lb></lb>
that she would have half, Dept. says that he went into<lb></lb>
the area and looked in at the Corner of the Wig Box<lb></lb>
and found or Child therein, says that he acquainted <lb></lb>
his Father and Mother therewith,<del>upon which Depts.<lb></lb>
Father wont to fetch</del>
says & not Beadle belonging to the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo93">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. James</rs>
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<del>who</del>
came there, and brought the Wig box<lb></lb>
with the Child in it, into St. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n108-4">William Rowley</rs>
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's House, say<lb></lb>
that the Child was then Dead, and Deponent observed no<lb></lb>
Marks of Violence upon the said Child. Says that he<lb></lb>
afterwards fetched Mr. Renyson one of the Beadles<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo94">St. George's Parish</rs>
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who came there, took away<lb></lb>
the Child in the Wig Box.</p>
<p n="109"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n109-1">Ann Sutton</rs>
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one of the Nurses in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo95">Workhouse</rs>
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belonging<lb></lb>
to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo96">St. George's Parish</rs>
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, attending the lying in Ward, on her Oath<lb></lb>
saith, that she this day Examined a Male Child and belives<lb></lb>
that the said Male Child was born alive, Says that the<lb></lb>
Navel String of the said Male Child was not tied nor<lb></lb>
any care taken for the preservation of the said Male Child</p>
<p n="110">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n110-1">Ann Sutton</rs>
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