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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 Jane Williamson came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Jane Williamson labouring
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under a Grievious Disease of Body (to wit) a Fever and by reason of the
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Violence of the said Disease being Delicious and out of her mind on the
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Third day of January in the Year aforesaid from and out of a certain three
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pair of Stairs Window then and there being, in the Lodging Room or Apartment
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of her the said Jane Williamson in the Fleece Inn Yard in Tothill
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Street situate in the said Parish of Saint Margaret within the Liberty
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and County aforesaid, to the Ground did violently cast and throw herself
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to and against the stone Pavement in the said Yard, by means whereof
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she the said Jane Williamson so Delicious and out of her mind as aforesaid
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did then and there receive a violent Concussion in the Brain, of which said
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violent Concussion she the said Jane Williamson then and there instantly
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died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the
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said Jane Williamson being Delirous and out of her mind as aforesaid by
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reason of the violence of the said Disease in manner and by the means
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aforesaid did kill himself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of
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himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned
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