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<p n="1410"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65220_geo1469">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65220_geo1470">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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.}<lb></lb>
to wit</note>
</p>
<p n="1411">An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at the Parish of Saint James<lb></lb>
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65220_geo1471">Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65220_geo1472">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the Fourth day of December in the Twenty first Year<lb></lb>
of the Regin of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain,<lb></lb>
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-1">Thomas Prickard</rs>
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, Gentleman,<lb></lb>
Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of <lb></lb>
a new born Female Child then and before lying dead, upon the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-2">Thomas<lb></lb>
Brooks</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-3">William Fear</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-3" type="surname" value="Fear"></interp>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-15">John Pappegay</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-15" type="surname" value="Pappegay"></interp>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-4">William Ashley</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-4" type="surname" value="Ashley"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-5">William<lb></lb>
Angus</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-5" type="surname" value="Angus"></interp>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-6">William Smith</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-6" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-7">William Boxall</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-7" type="surname" value="Boxall"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-7" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-8">John Mosey</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-8" type="surname" value="Mosey"></interp>
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,<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-9">James Felton</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-10">Edward Cook</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-10" type="given" value="Edward"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-10" type="surname" value="Cook"></interp>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-16">George Staten</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-16" type="surname" value="Staten"></interp>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-11">William Norris</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-11" type="surname" value="Norris"></interp>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-12">John<lb></lb>
Clarkson</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-13">Philip Henson</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65220_n1411-13" type="given" value="Philip"></interp>
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly<lb></lb>
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the<lb></lb>
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Female Child came to<lb></lb>
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the said Fourth day of December in Year<lb></lb>
aforesaid a certain Woman unknown did bring forth the said Female Child<lb></lb>
alive and that on the same Day and Year a certain Person or Persons<lb></lb>
to the Jurors aforesaid unknown with Force and Arms at the Parish<lb></lb>
aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid in and upon the said<lb></lb>
Female Infant Child in the Peace of God and our said Lord the King then<lb></lb>
and there being feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice<lb></lb>
afore thought did make an Assault And that the said Person or Persons<lb></lb>
to the Jurors aforesaid is yet unknown did then and there feloniously<lb></lb>
wilfully and of his her or their Malice aforethought Choak and<lb></lb>
Strangle the said Female Child, of which said Choaking and Strangling<lb></lb>
said Person or Persons unknown of his her or their Malice<lb></lb>
aforethought the Female Child aforesaid in manner and form<lb></lb>
aforesaid did then and there kill and Murder against the Peace<lb></lb>
of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity<lb></lb>
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1411-14">Thomas Brooks</rs>
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of<lb></lb>
himself and the rest of his said Fellows in their presence, have<lb></lb>
to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and<lb></lb>
Place abovewritten</p>
<p n="1412"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65220_n1412-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65220_occ475">Coroner</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1413">Thos. Brooks<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Foreman</p>
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