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sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner
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Tommins on the twentieth day of November in the year aforesaid being a prisoner
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aforesaid of the said sickness and disease did die And So the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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inst
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value
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"undefined"
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</
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in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day
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lb
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</
lb
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year and place first above written
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n
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"1600"
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>
Wm. Cheesman
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inst
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interp
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figure
rend
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>
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Foreman
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interp
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type
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value
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p
>
</
div1
>
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