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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
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sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
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Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
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memory and understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the Twenty fifth Day of October in the
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Year aforesaid one End of a small Cord to the Door of her wash house situate in the Parish and
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County aforesaid and the other End thereof about her own Neck did fix tye and fasten and therewith
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did then and there hang suffocate and strangle herself of which said Hanging Suffocation and
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
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their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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above written.
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George Needs
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Foreman
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