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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at the Parish of
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, the
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Twentieth day of April
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in the Twelfth Year
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of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Thomas Prickard
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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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Arabella Wilson
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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William
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Goodenough
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John Fenton
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William Longley
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John Kinlock
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Richard Nichols
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John
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Petson
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Edward Griffin
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James Baker
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Charles Trinquard
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James Watson
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John Poole
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William Christie
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Thomas Trobe
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Roger Meed
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William Stark
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John Milbourn
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,
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David
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Bynon
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, and
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David Lauder
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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
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Arabella Wilson
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said
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Arabella Wilson
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, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, on the
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Eighteenth day of April in the Year aforesaid, one End of a certain piece
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of Linnen Tape unto a Brass Hook fastened into the Wainscot in the
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Lodging Room or Apartment of her the said
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Arabella Wilson
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, in the
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Dwelling House of
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Samuel Gunnell
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situate and being in
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Cambridge
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Street
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and the
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</
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other End thereof about her own Neck did, fix tye and fasten, and therewith
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</
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did then and there Hang Suffocate and Strangle herself, of which said
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</
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Hanging Suffocation and Strangling She the said
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Arabella Wilson
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then
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and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say, that the said
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Arabella Wilson
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, not being of sound Mind Memory
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>
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>
and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by the
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>
</
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>
Means aforesaid, did kill herself. In Witness whereof as well
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</
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>
the said Coroner, as the said
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William Goodenough
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Foreman of the said
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Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their
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presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day
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Year and Place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Wm: Goodenough
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Foreman
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