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Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so Forth
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, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen
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who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to inquire for our said Lord the King, when her
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on the Twenty second day of July in the Year aforesaid,
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being in a certain Place called
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near the River Thomas, in the Parish
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aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, It so happened that the said
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said William Farnbrough,
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows
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in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year
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and Place first above written
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Wm Farmbrough Foreman
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