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of
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to wit.
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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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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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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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, Gentleman,
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Thomas
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Holland
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Thomas Hedges
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William Stevens
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Anthony Andrews
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Philip
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Hook
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Thomas Rickets
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Henry Pitt
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John Smith
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Thomas Hicks
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George Oakley
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Mark
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Gueaneau
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and
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Gregory Mc. Cannon
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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 Benjamin Burch came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say
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That the said Benjamin Burch on the Twenty fourth
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day of July in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid
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to wit, at the Flood Gates
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Chelsea
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going into the
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River Thames
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there to Bathe himself
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and not being Skilfull in Swimming, it so happened that accidentally casually and
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by Misfortune he the said Benjamin in Burch was in the Waters of the said River
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then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning he
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the said Benjamin Burch then and there instantly Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Benjamin Burch in manner and by
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the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not
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otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors
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foresaid on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set
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their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at the Place abovementioned
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Tho. Prickard
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Thos. Holland
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