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of Westmister
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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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in the Thirteenth 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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Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
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William Chatham
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Henry List
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Thomas
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Davenish
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John Sadler
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William Macleish
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Robert Mason
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James Pagan
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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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William Chatham
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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William Chatham
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on the Twenty fourth
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day of July in the Year aforesaid at the Parish of
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Saint George Hanover Square
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in the
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Liberty and County aforesaid to wit at
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Hyde Park
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going into the Serpentive River there
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to Swim it so happened that accidentaly casually and by Misfortune be the said
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William Chatham
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was in the waters of he said River then and there Suffocated and
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Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
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William Chatham
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instantly
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Did And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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William Chatham
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in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and
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by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the
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rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
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Year and at the Place first abovementioned.
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Coroner
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rs
>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65213_occ352"
type
=
"occupation"
value
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"Coroner"
>
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>
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p
n
=
"1464"
>
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rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65213_n1464-1"
>
Tho Newberry
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rs
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65213_n1464-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Tho"
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</
interp
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65213_n1464-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
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interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65213_n1464-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
Foreman.
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p
>
</
div1
>
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