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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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, the Twenty Sixth day of June in the Sixteenth 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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Edward Merritt
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Hugh
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John Benson
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Robert Coroner
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John Wilson
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Joseph Boon
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Robert
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Shutter
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James Bride
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James Berrell
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John Bishop
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Hugh Riddle
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Thomas Langford
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David Perrott
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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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Edward Merritt
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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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Edward Merritt
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on the
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Twenty Fifth day of June in the Year aforesaid being in Liquor
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and in his Lodging Room or Apartment in the Dwelling House of
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Elizabeth Bright
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in
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St. Martin's Street
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, in the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, And then and there
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being Asleep, near unto a lighted Candle, It so happened that
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the Shirt which the said
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Edward Merritt
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had on his Body then
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and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune took Fire,
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by Reason whereof, and by the Smoke and Flame arising from
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the said Fire, he the said
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Edward Merritt
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was then and there
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Suffocated and Burnt, of which said Suffocation and Burning
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he the said
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Edward Merritt
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then and there died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Edward
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Marritt in Manner and by the means aforesaid, Accidentally
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Casually and by Misfortune came to his death, and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Hugh Wallace
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his Fellow, in their presence, have
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to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year
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and Place First above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Foreman
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