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City and Liberty
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of Westmister
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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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Westminster
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Thirtieth day of July
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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 saith, 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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John Clay
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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James Bukett
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James Barnett
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George Liddell
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Joseph
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Hodge
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John Plant
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Thomas Reasin
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Aaron Pever
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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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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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John Clay
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on the Twenty eighth day of July in
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the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid being in a certain Lime Barge in a certain River
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called the
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near unto the Flood Yates in the said Parish Liberty and County then and there being and the said
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having a Handspike in his hands and using it betwixt the head of the Barge and the Campshed with an
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intent to save the Barge from running against the Bank, it so happened that accidentally casually and by
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Misfortune the said Hand spike gave way and stipt from him by reason whereof he the said
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John Clay
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accidentally
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casually and by Misfortune fell from the said Barge into the said River, and in the waters thereof was then and
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there Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
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then and there Died. And
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so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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John Clay
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in manner and by the means
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aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise, and that the said
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Handspike was moving to the Death of the said
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and is of the Value of One Shilling, and the Property
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and in the Possession of
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Charlton
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in the
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County of Kent
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"County of Kent"
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Lime Merchant or of his Assigns.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Forenoon of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and
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>
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the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at the Place
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abovementioned.
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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BrickettForeman
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