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to Lady
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Ann Cecil
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in lower
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Grosvenor Street in the
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in the
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Capacity of her Ladyships Woman, on her Oath saith, That the
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Deced came to Lady Cecil's House last Friday, Says that she
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lay with the Deced on Saturday Night, and last Night, Says
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that this Morning after day light, but Dept. does not know the
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hour, Dept said that she would put out the Lamp, to which Deced
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answered, do, or words to that effect, Says that some time
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after the Deced got up, but Dept. being sleepy did not hear
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the Deced go out of the Room, her did she see her afternoon
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alive.
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Mary Cotton
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Cook
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to Lady Cecil on her Oath saith, That
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she came down Stairs this Morning about Seven o'Clock and
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on her going into the Kitchin, the turned round and saw
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the Deced's Bed Gown first, and then observed that the Deced
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was Hanging by the side of the Kitchin Stairs, upon which
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this Dept. ran up
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airs frightened and acquainted
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Sara
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Fleming
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to there with. Says that she
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went across the Street to Lord Exeter's and took his Lordships
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Porter
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Thomas Jones
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back with her, who went to be Deced.
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The Mark of
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Mary Cotton
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to Lord Exeter's in lower Grosvenor
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Street on his Oath saith That this Morning a little after
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Seven o'Clock, he was ordered by his Lordships House keeper,
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who was much frightened, to go with Lady Cecil's Maids which
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he did, Says that he went down the Kitchin Stairs in Lady
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Cecil's House and by the side of the Stairs saw
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Elizabeth Hughes
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the Deced. hanging by a small Cord which was fastened to the
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Bannisters of the Kitchin Stairs and around her own Neck,
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Floor, says that she was dead and Cold, and had been
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hanging some time.
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Severally Sworn the Day & Year and
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Place abovementioned before me
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