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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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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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Esq.
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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
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Martha Fuller
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then and there
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lying dead
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the Oath of
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James Harrow
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William Sorvell
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John Goodings
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luke Hill
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James Brown
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John Sheerwood
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John
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Fike
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Henry Mutlow
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James Reed
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Richard Hughes
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John
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Young
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James Ferguson
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Samuel Clibbon
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William Jones
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and
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Benjamin Osbourn
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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 ad 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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Martha Fuller
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came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath Say that the Said
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Martha Fuller
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not being of sound
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Mind, Memory, and Understanding, but
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Lunatic
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and distracted, on the tenth
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day of November, in the year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty
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aforesaid, one end of a certain Piece of Small End unto an Iron Nail drove
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into the Girder of the Ceiling of the Loging Room, or Apartment of her the
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Said
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Martha Fuller
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Situate and being in
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Red Lion Court
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White Hart Yard
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>
Drury Lane
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interp
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, at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid, and the other End thereof
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
about her our Neck, did fix, tye, and faster, and therewith did then and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
these hang, Sufocate, and Strangle herself, of Which Said Suffocation, Hanging,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and strangling, She the Said
<
rs
type
=
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>
Martha Fuller
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>
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inst
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>
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>
then and there died,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do Say, that the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Said
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rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
Martha Fuller
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>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2444-22"
type
=
"given"
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=
"Martha"
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</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
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type
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=
"Fuller"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2444-22"
type
=
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value
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>
</
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>
. not being of sound Mind, Memory & Understanding,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
but
<
rs
type
=
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=
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>
Lunatic
</
rs
>
<
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inst
=
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type
=
"occupation"
value
=
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>
</
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>
and distracted, in manner and by the means aforesaid,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
did Kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the Said
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65232_occ2328"
>
Coroner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_occ2328"
type
=
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=
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>
</
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>
, as the Said
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65232_n2444-23"
>
John Groome
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2444-23"
type
=
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value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2444-23"
type
=
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=
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>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2444-23"
type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
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type
=
"occupation"
id
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>
Foreman of the Said Jurors
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
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type
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"Foreman of the Said Jurors"
>
</
interp
>
on
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the behalf of himself and the rest of his Said Fellows in their
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Presence, have, to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Day Year, and Place abovewritten.
</
p
>
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p
n
=
"2445"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
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=
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>
Anthy Gell
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2445-1"
type
=
"given"
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=
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>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
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=
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>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2445-1"
type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
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=
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>
Coroner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_occ2330"
type
=
"occupation"
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=
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>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2446"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
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>
John Groome
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
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=
"given"
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=
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>
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>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2446-1"
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=
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=
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>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2446-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65232_occ2331"
>
Foreman
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65232_occ2331"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Foreman"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
</
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>
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