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William
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Scuirrer
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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
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aforesaid, on the ninth day of March in the year
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aforesaid
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departed this Life by the visitation of God in a
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In Witness whereof as well
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the said Coroner, as he said
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Thomas Edmonds
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himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their
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presence, have to this Inquisition set their.
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Hands and seals the Day Year Place abovewritten.
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