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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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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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, Gentleman,
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Elizabeth Hatton
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Thomas Ray
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Michael Castleton
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James Bean
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Stephen Davis
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Thomas Watts
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William Jones
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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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Elizabeth Hatton
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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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Elizabeth Hatton
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, not
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being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick
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and distracted, on the Twenty eighth day of December in the
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Year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
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County aforesaid, one End of a certain Silk Handkerchief unto an
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Iron Jack, fixed in the Kitchen in the Dwelling House of
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John
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Gurney situate and being in the said Parish Liberty
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and County, and the other End thereof about her own Neck did
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fix tye and fasten, and there with did then and there hang
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suffocate and strangle herself, of which said Hanging
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Suffocation and Strangling she the said
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Elizabeth Hatton
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then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by the Means
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aforesaid, did kill herself. In Witness whereof
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as well the said Coroner, as the said
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John Burgess
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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 Year
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and Place abovewritten
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