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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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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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, not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted,
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on the thirteenth day of September in the Year aforesaid, one End of a
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certain Linen Handkerchief unto an Iron Hook fastened into the
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Door frame in the Cellar of the said
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in the Dwelling House
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Timothy Vaughan
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in the Parish aforesaid within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, and the other End thereof about his own
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Neck, did fix tye and fasten and therewith did then and there
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hang Suffocate and strangle himself, of which said Hanging
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Suffocation and Strangling he the said
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died. And so the Jurors aforesaid Upon their Oath aforesaid do say
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that the said
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and Understanding but lunatick End distracted, in Manner
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and by the Means aforesaid, did hang and kill himself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Robert
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Foreman of the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first
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abovewritten
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