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King at the
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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, the Twenty seventh day of December in the Thirty second
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
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Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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View of the Body of Sarah Ha
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lying dead
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John Howseley
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John Prior
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Christian Thyle
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Mark Gorden
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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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Sarah Hewott
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came to
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h er
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Death, do upon their Oath say,
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That on the Twenty sixth day of December in
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the year aforesaid the said Sarah Hewett being alone in a certain Room in the
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Dwelling House of
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Philip Francis
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situate and being in the said
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Parish of St.
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James
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid and standing with her back
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Hewett then and there had on her Body accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
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took fire by means where of both the Go
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Ber
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stand
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Sarah
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Hewett
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were then and there violently burnt of which said burning she the said
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Sarah Hewett
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then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in manner andy by the
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means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to her Denth
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and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof aswell the said Coroner
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as the said
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of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself
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and the rest of his Fellows in their Presence have to this Inquisition set
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their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned
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Tho. Prickard
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