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<p n="1517"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1302">City & Liberty of Westmr</rs>
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in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1303">Midsex</rs>
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Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65212_date277">Ninth day of July<lb></lb>
1772</rs>
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at the Parish of St. Margaret within the<lb></lb>
Liberty of Westmr. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1304">County of Middlesex</rs>
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upon<lb></lb>
an Inquisition touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1517-1">Elizabeth Jennings</rs>
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lying dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="1518"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1518-1">John Tomlinson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1305">Charles Street</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1306">St. Margaret<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1307">Haberdasher</rs>
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on his Oath saith That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1518-2">Elizabeth Jennings</rs>
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the Deced has lived with him as a Servant about two Months<lb></lb>
that she appeared to be in good Health until about afortnight<lb></lb>
ago when she complained of a pain in her Bowels for two or<lb></lb>
three days and then was better Says that on Tuesday Morning<lb></lb>
last, July 7th; the Deced said that she was not well, that she<lb></lb>
was afflicted with the Cholick and was very restless, upon<lb></lb>
which the Depts. wife gave her some Brandy and Deced<lb></lb>
appeared to be much better in the Afternoon, That the Deced<lb></lb>
about four o'Clock that Afternoon went out with Depts. Children<lb></lb>
in order to go into <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1308">St. James's Park</rs>
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and returned about Eight<lb></lb>
oClock the same Evening, That she then appeared to be low<lb></lb>
Spirited and about Nine oClock complained of a violent<lb></lb>
pain in her Bowels, and in the Yard vomited very much<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced then went up Stairs into the Garret<lb></lb>
where she used to sleep Says that on finding that the<lb></lb>
Deced continued in pain he sent for Mr. Littlefear the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ428">Apothecary</rs>
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who came there and Examined the Deced who<lb></lb>
made him little or no Answer, Says that he ordered her<lb></lb>
some Modicine and in about an hour came there again<lb></lb>
and ordered her things to make her vomit, which she<lb></lb>
accordingly did, Says that from the Deced's appearance<lb></lb>
and her continuing to Reach, Dept. suspected that she had<lb></lb>
taken something and desired her to declare what it was,<lb></lb>
and on this Dept. Mrs. Trley & Mrs. Burrel's going out of<lb></lb>
the Room, Deced said to Mrs. Tomlinson this Depts. wife, in Depts.<lb></lb>
Hearing, that she had bought two pennyworth of Arsenick in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1309">Longditch</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
had taken it that Afternoon mixed with water, and on<lb></lb>
Deced's being asked how she came to do so, she Answered<lb></lb>
that it was upon the Account of her youngest Sister's being a very</p>
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