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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Charles
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George
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Findlay
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sown 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 er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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being Subject to violent Fits of Coughing and Vomiting, on
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the Nineteenth day of April in the Year aforesaid being
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alone in her Lodging Room or Apartment in the Dwelling
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House of Richard Milsom situate in
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
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It so happened that the said
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was then and
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there seized with a violent Fit of Coughing, and having
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a Black Ribband (which she always wore) tied tight about
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her Neck, the said
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was then and there Accidentally
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and by Misfortune Choaked and Strangled, of which said
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choaking and Strangling she the said
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then
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and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say, that the said
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in Manner and
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by the Means aforesaid Accidently and by Misfortune came to
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her death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof
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as well the said Coroner as the said
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Thomas Samms
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Foreman
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of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and
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the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this
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>
</
lb
>
Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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lb
>
</
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and Place abovewritten
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Tho. Prickard
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inst
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inst
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>
Coroner
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>
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inst
=
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value
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>
</
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>
.
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p
n
=
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>
Thos. Samms
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Foreman}
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p
>
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