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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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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Briggs
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Devey
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Eaton
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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 Male Child came to
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h is- Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Thirtieth day of November
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in the Year aforesaid one
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Margaret King
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being Pregnant
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with a certain Male Child, afterwards, to Wit, on the same
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day and Year alone at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid did bring forth the said Male
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Child with hard Labour, And that the said Male Child then
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and there in a different Birth without unfell
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from the said
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Margaret King
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the Mother thereof or any
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other Person or Persons whatsoever did die. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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John Bland
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to
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this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day
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Year and Place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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John Bland
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