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City and Liberty
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of
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In Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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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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Westminster
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in the
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, the thirteenth day of Novmber 1792 in the thirty third
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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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Anthony
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Gell
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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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John Crompton
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then and there
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lying dead
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, upon
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the Oath of
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William Hamilton
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Nathaniel Jacques
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Alexander Smart
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John Nuns
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Thomas Brown
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John Newton
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Stephen Knight
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Peter Hume
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Abraham Butler
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Henry Gale
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John Davis
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James Wilson
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Charles Reyley
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John Broach
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John
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Turner
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James Joy
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Thomas young
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John Curbey
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, and
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william
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Pawbeney
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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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John Crompton
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say that the said
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John Crompton
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on the said
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thirteenth day of November in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in
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the Liberty aforesaid; and for some time before, had been afflicted with
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a violent Cough and shortness of Breath. That the said
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John Crompton
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being employed in the Capacity of a
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Watchman
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at the Parish and in
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</
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the Liberty aforesaid appeared at Five of the Clock in the Morning of the said
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lb
>
</
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thirteenth day of November, in the year aforesaid, as well as usual, and that at
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>
</
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Six of the Clock in the Morning of the said Day, the said
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John Crompton
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was found died in his Box. That upon Examination of the Body of him the said
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obscured
>
</
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>
</
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John Crompton
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inst
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there appeared no external Marks of Violence But that upon
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lb
>
</
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>
further Ispection after opening the Body of the said
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John Crompton
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>
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"John"
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>
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>
it appeared
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the whole Chest was filled with Blood and Cerum in Consequence of a large blood Vessel
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
going from the Heart being ruptured, which was the immediate Cause of this Death
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
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type
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>
John Crompton
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rs
>
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>
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=
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>
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interp
>
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interp
inst
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"WACWIC65232_n2531-23"
type
=
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
in manner, and by Reason of the Rupture of the Blood Vessel
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid came to his Death, and not otherwise, In Witness whereof
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
the said Coroner as the said
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rs
type
=
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id
=
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>
William Hamilton
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rs
>
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interp
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type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65232_n2531-24"
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"Hamilton"
>
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interp
>
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inst
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>
,
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>
Foreman
</
rs
>
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>
of the
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lb
>
</
lb
>
said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
in their Presence, have, to this Inquisiton set their hands and
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lb
>
</
lb
>
Seals the Day, Year and Place above-written.
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n
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Anthy. Gell
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>
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Coroner
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>
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>
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>
</
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>
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>
Wm. Hamilton
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>
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>
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>
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interp
>
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rs
type
=
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=
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>
Foreman
</
rs
>
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interp
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=
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type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Foreman"
>
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interp
>
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p
>
</
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>
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