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King, at the Parish of Saint Margaret
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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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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h is Death, do upon their Oath Say That the said Samuel Castleden a Boy of the Age
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of Eleven Years on the Nineteenth day of August in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty
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and County aforesaid being Bathing in a certain River called the
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near to Lord Lincoln's
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Causeway it so happened that accidentally causally and by Misfortune he the said
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Samuel
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was in the Waters of the Said River then and there Suffocated and Drowned of which
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Said Suffocation and Drowning he the Said Samuel Castleden then and there instantly Died
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And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said Samuel Castleden in
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Manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death
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and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors
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aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day year and at the Place above Mentioned
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Wm Hodgson
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