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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at
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aforesaid on the
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Lord George the third King of Great Britain and so forth
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of our said Lord the King for the
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City of London
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now here lying dead by the oath of
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William Newcomb
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John Towns
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William Cotton
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George Thorne
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Henry Rowbottom
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Robert Mcwood Witheridge
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William Barnett
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George Tucker
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James Corrie
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John Jones
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Free,
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Thomas Martin
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Thomas Baxter
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William Trickett
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Thomas Brough
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Joseph Powley
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aforesaid who being
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now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when
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how and in what manner the said
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came to her death say upon their
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oath that the said
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not being of sound mind memory and understanding
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but lunatic and distracted on the third day of November in the year aforesaid one end
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of a certain Towel unto and about the railing of a certain bedstead in a certain room
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in the dwelling house of
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John Scott
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there situate and the other end of the said Towel
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round and about her own neck did then and there fix tye and fasten by means
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whereof the said
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did then and there hang strangle and suffocate
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>
</
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herself of which said hanging strangling and suffocation the said
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did then
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>
</
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>
and there die.-And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that
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>
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>
the said
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Theodosia Ouder
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not being of sound mind memory and understanding but
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</
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lunatic and distracted did hang and kill herself-In Witness whereof as well
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>
the said Coroner as the said
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William Newcomb
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the
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foreman
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of the said Jurors on
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lb
>
</
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>
behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition
<
lb
>
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>
set their hands and seals the day year and place first abovewritten
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>
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Wm Newcomb
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Fore Man
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</
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>
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