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Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth before
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, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly
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chosen who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord
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the King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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came to his
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Death do upon their Oath say, That the said
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, not being of sound
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Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the First day of May
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in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid,
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one End of a certain piece of small Lord, unto an Iron Hook fastened into one of the Joifts
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in the Lodging Room or Apartment of him the said Matthew Greenaker, in the Dwelling
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House of
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situate and being in Langley Street in the said Parish Liberty
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and County, and the other End thereof about his own Neck, did fix, tye, and fasten, and
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therewith did then and there hang, suffocate and Strangle himself, of which said Hanging
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Suffocation, and Strangling, he the said Matthew Greenaker then and there died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Matthew Greenaker
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself, In Witness
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whereof an well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said
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Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence,
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first
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above written
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Tho Prickard
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Coroner
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Joseph Sutton
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Foreman
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