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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 William Besborough came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Besborough being
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a Prisoner in
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in the said Parish of Saint
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Margaret within the Liberty and County aforesaid, on the Sixth day
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aforesaid
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departed this Life by the Visitation of God in a natural Way
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Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their
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presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the
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Day Year and Place abovementioned
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