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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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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 Mean the said
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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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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
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distracted on the Ninth day of November in the Year aforesaid
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at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, one End of a Certain Piece of small Cord unto a
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James
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in the Dwelling House of
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fasten, and therewith did
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strangle himself, of which
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aid Hanging suffocation and
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Strangling he the said
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James Jefferys
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then and there died
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And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
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say that the said
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James Jefferys
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in manner and by the
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Means aforesaid, not being of sound Mind Memory and
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Understanding but lunatick and distraced, did Kill
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>
himself, In Witness Where of as well the said Coroner
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>
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>
as the said Robert Balfour Foreman of the said Jurors, on
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the behalf of himself an the rest of his said Fellows, in their
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Presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
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the Day Year and Place abovementioned.
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Robt Balfour Foreman
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