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<p n="1837"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1734">Westminster</rs>
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, <lb></lb>
In the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1735">County of <lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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to wit,</note>
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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the <lb></lb>
King at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1736">Parish of Saint George Hanover Square</rs>
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church<lb></lb>
of St. Peter, <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1737">Westminster</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1738">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the third day of August<lb></lb>
in the Thirty eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, <lb></lb>
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,<lb></lb>
and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1837-1">Anthony Gell</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ936">Esq</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ937">Coroner</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the said City<lb></lb>
and Liberty, on View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1837-2">William Lamb</rs>
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then and there<lb></lb>
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and <lb></lb>
Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and <lb></lb>
there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by<lb></lb>
what Means the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1837-3">William Lamb</rs>
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came to h is Death, do upon<lb></lb>
their Oath say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1837-4">William Lamb</rs>
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, not being of sound<lb></lb>
Mind, Memory and Understanding, but lunatic and <lb></lb>
distracted on the second day of August in the Year<lb></lb>
aforesaid, to wit, into the Water of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1739">River Thames</rs>
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in <lb></lb>
the Sluice leading from the said <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1740">River Thames</rs>
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to the <lb></lb>
Water-Works, from off <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1741">the Bridge</rs>
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there did throw and <lb></lb>
cast himself, by Means of which Throwing and <lb></lb>
Casting, he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1837-5">William Lamb</rs>
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, in the Waters<lb></lb>
of the said River, was then and there suffocated and <lb></lb>
drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning, he <lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1837-6">William Lamb</rs>
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then and there instantly died<lb></lb>
And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid <lb></lb>
do say, That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1837-7">William Lamb</rs>
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, in Manner and by<lb></lb>
Means aforesaid, not being of sound Mind, Memory<lb></lb>
and Understanding, but <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ938">lunatic</rs>
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and distracted, did <lb></lb>
drown and kill himself</p>
<p n="1838"> IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition<lb></lb>
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.</p>
<p n="1839"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1839-1">Anthy. Gell</rs>
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<p n="1840">Josh Cap<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1840-2">Thos Bunce</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1840-3">Isaac Davenport</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1840-4">Wm Rourker</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1840-5">Edwd. Wadley</rs>
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<p n="1841"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1841-1">Wm. Hill</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1841-2">Joseph Ibbott</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1841-3">Henry Wood</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1841-5">Joseph Richardson</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1841-29">Heny Rowed</rs>
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