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Sarah Whynyard< no role > of Great Saffron Hill Widow
That she did not know the Deced otherwise than by Sight
wch. she Thinks may have been abt. 4 or 5 Years. That she was
much Given to Drinking & wd. Get Drink every Night if
she could & wd. have it if it was possible Money or no Mony
hath seen her very much in Liquor but never saw her in
any Fitts. That on Tuesday Night the 25th. she was sitting
alone in the Tap Room in the Box fronting the Bar & was
there before the Countrymen came in (she means the 2
last Witnesses) & before the Dancing began That none but
Women Danced & after Dancing was over abt. 9 the
other Women went home. They had a Fidler she did
not see the Deced Give him any Thing. That she was very
much in Liquor &wantvery Abusive & went up to her
Husband & beat him much & tore his Hair off. That she
had a sad Spirit & vast Swearing Woman. That the
Husband did not Strike her again. That she after this came
& satt down by the Witness by the Fire side to wch. place
the Witness had Remov'd for a little Warmth. That the
Husband sitting in a Box in the Roomcame to her &Ask'd her for the Key of the Room
to Go to Red. That she Abus'd him much & Refus'd to Give
if him Then the Husband came up to her out of the Box
& Struck her a Blow his Hands waswastowards her Head
but wher. he hit her an the Head or Face cannot tell
That the Deced did not immediately fall with the Blow
but Thinks it was abt. a Minute afterwards. That she
Thinks she was rising in a Fury to Strike her Husband &
fell Plump upon & lay Gongliay like in the Throat. That
the Husband came to keep her up & Call'd for Water &
Wip'd her Face she never Spoke but Died

The Mark of
Sarah [mark] Whynyard< no role >




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