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King, at the
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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William Branch
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James Knowles
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James Barber
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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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Mathew Davies
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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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Matthew Davies
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on the
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Seventh day of July in the Year aforesaid, being at Play by the side
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of the
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, It so happened that the said
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Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell into said
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, and in the Waters thereof was then and there Suffocated
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and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning he
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the said
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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
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Matthew
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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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Joseph
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and
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the rest of his Fellows, in their presence have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above-
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written
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