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good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by law required and who being then and there duly sworn
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and charged, to enquire for our said Lord the KING, when, how, and by what means the said
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came to his Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said William
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in the
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the said Jurors, on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their
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