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of
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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at the
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in the Twelfth Year
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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, Gentleman,
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Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
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Elizabeth Eastman
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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George
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Collard
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James Baker
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John Saunders
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Jonathan Wells
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Thomas Dougal
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Harris
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Flint
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Richard James
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Benjamin Shutt
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John Cordy
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Thomas Parr
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John
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Forbes
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John Gooch
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Thomas Mobb
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William Metcalfe
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John Drew
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and
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Joseph Smith
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said Elizabeth Eastman came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Elizabeth Eastman, not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
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on the Fourth day of December in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and
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in the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of small
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Cord, unto a Wooden Rail over the Door in the Lodging room or Apartment
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of her the said Elizabeth Eastman, in the Dwelling House of
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Samuel Russ
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,
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situate and being in
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Crown Court
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in the said Parish Liberty and County,
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and the other End thereof about her own Neck, did fix tye and fasten,
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and therewith did then and there hang, suffocate, and Strangle herself,
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of which said Hanging,Suffocation and Strangling she the said
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Elizabeth Eastman then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Elizabeth Eastman,
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not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick
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and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did Kill herself.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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George
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Collard
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest
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of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written.
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Geo: Collard
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Foreman
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