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<p n="1345">about half hour after Ten Dept. being Bottling <lb></lb>
some Beer below Stairs heard a Noise but<lb></lb>
could not there say whether it was above Stairs<lb></lb>
or out of Doors and seeing nothing Dept<lb></lb>
continued his Work Says that about half<lb></lb>
after Eleven O'Clock Sarah Peplow who now<lb></lb>
lives in the House came to Dept saying that<lb></lb>
she saw Blood upon the Stairs and asked<lb></lb>
Dept. if Mr Cuttle had cut himself says that<lb></lb>
he went there and saw Blood at the bottom<lb></lb>
of the Stairs and some Deops of Blood upon the<lb></lb>
Stairs up to Deced's Room, and not seeans the<lb></lb>
Deced there Dept. came down and traced the<lb></lb>
Blood through the Garden to the Wall by the<lb></lb>
Thames side and save the Impression of a Man's<lb></lb>
foot in the Mud upon the old Stairs on the outside<lb></lb>
of the Wall and Dept. believes that the Deced<lb></lb>
got over there into the Thomas Says that the<lb></lb>
Dutchess's Steward soon after came home and<lb></lb>
went up with Dept into the Deced's Room and<lb></lb>
there found a pistol upon a Chair that had been<lb></lb>
Discharged and another loaded Pistol upon the Floor<lb></lb>
and some Blood upon the Floor the Room smelling <lb></lb>
of Gun powder when Dept. first went into it<lb></lb>
Says that there was a Letter found upon the Table <lb></lb>
in Deceds room Sealed up and addressed to her grace<lb></lb>
the Dutchess of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1431">Portland</rs>
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in Deced's hand writing<lb></lb>
as Dept thinks Says that the Deced Yesterday<lb></lb>
Morning about Seven O'Clock asked Dept for a<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ428">Pen</rs>
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Juk Paper and between Eight & Nine o Clock<lb></lb>
Deced brought to Dept the Letter now produced<lb></lb>
by him addressed to Mr Stephen <obscured></obscured>
of Handley<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1432">Yourkshire</rs>
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Sealed upSays that he was<lb></lb>
informed that the Deced was found soon after<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1433">River Thames</rs>
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Drowned and believes that <lb></lb>
the Deced threw himself into the River Says</p>
<p n="1346">that the Deced on Tuesday Night last appear <lb></lb>
to be Melancholy and low Spirited</p>
<p n="1347"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1347-1">William Mann</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1348"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1348-1">Sarah Peplow</rs>
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or <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ429">Servant</rs>
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to Mrs Philpot at the<lb></lb>
Dutchess of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1434">Portland's</rs>
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on her Oath saith That<lb></lb>
she yesterday saw Blood upon the Stands and<lb></lb>
acquainted the Porter there with that they sa<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
some Blood upon the Stairs upto Deced's Room<lb></lb>
which smelt much of Gunpowder That they<lb></lb>
traced the Blood through the Garden to the<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
of the Thomes, and the Print of a Man's foot on<lb></lb>
the Mad upon the old <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1435">Stone Stairs</rs>
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to the Thames <lb></lb>
and believes that the Deced went him self in<lb></lb>
the Thames And this Dept says that she observe<lb></lb>
the Deced appeared to be low spirited and Confusion <lb></lb>
and was along time before he made any<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
when spoke & on Tuesday Night, That he was<lb></lb>
so yesterday Morning & looked wild and Dept<lb></lb>
believes that he then was Disordered in his Mind<obscured></obscured>
</p>
<p n="1349">Sarah <obscured></obscured>
</p>
<p n="1350">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year and Place above<lb></lb>
mentioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1350-1">Tho Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ430">Coroner</rs>
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