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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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in the County of Middleslex, the First day of October 1792 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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Stephen Cornford
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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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Margaret Yates
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came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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being of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding bit
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lunatic
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and distracted, on the twenty Ninth day of September
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in the Year foresaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid
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To Wit in the
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there did cast and throw herself by
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Means of which said casting and Throwing she the said
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, in the Waters of the said River, was then and there
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suffocated and dreamed of which said suffocation and Drowning she the
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then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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being of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding, but lunatic
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and distracted, came to her Death and not otherwise In
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Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Thomas
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Simpson
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Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself
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and the restof his said Fellows in their Presence have to the
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Inquisition set their bands and Seals the Day, Year and Place
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above Written.
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Anthy Gell
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Tho Simpson
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