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King at the
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in the Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third
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by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
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before
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Atkinson
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, good and lawfull Man 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, how
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and by what Means the said New born Childcame to its Death, do upon their Oath
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say, That the said Child on the Second day of November in the Year aforesaid, was found dead in
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a wooden Box, in a certain Entry or Passage in
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in the Parish aforesaid within
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the Liberty and County aforesaid, that no Marks of Violence appeared on the said Child,
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And that the said Child departed this Life, soon after its Birth in a natural Way, and
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not by any hurt or Injury received from any Person or Persons to the knowledge of the
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said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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William Eyre
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in
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their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and
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Place first above written
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Wm: Eyre Foreman
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