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An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London, that is to say, at the Parish of Saint<lb></lb>
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in London aforesaid on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65001_date156">fifteenth day of November in the twenty ninth year of the reign of our<lb></lb>
Sovereign Lord George the third</rs>
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by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Etc before <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-3">Thomas Shelton</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65001_occ323">Coroner</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65001_geo755">City of London</rs>
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on view of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-4">John Cook</rs>
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now here lying<lb></lb>
dead by the oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-5">Bilton Metcalf</rs>
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Thornton, James Buchanon, <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-12">David Betson</rs>
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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for<lb></lb>
our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-18">John Cook</rs>
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came to his death say upon their oath that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-19">John Cook</rs>
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aforesaid at the Parish and Ward aforesaid in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65001_geo758">London</rs>
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aforesaid one end of a certain piece of Cord of the value of one penny to and about a<lb></lb>
certain Iron Staple then and there fixed in the Wall of a certain Bed Chamber in the Dwelling house of one <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-20">Henry Atkins</rs>
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there situate<lb></lb>
and the other end of the said Cord round<obscured></obscured>
his own Neck then and there did fix tie and fasten by means whereof he the said John<lb></lb>
Cook did then and there hang strangle and suffocate himself Of which said hanging strangling and suffocation he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-21">John Cook</rs>
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did then<lb></lb>
and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n780-22">John Cook</rs>
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not being of sound mind memory and<lb></lb>
understanding but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did hang and kill himself Witness whereof as well<lb></lb>
the said Coroner as the said Bilton Metcalf the Foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have<lb></lb>
to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first above written</p>
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