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An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord the
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the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
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Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and
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Michael Jones
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William
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William Sabin
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George Wharton
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William Oldfield
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James Curtis
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Emanuel
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Edward Taylor
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Ninian Magill
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, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen
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who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to inquire for our said Lord the King, when how,
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and by what Means the said
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Mary Harris
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came to her Death, do upon their Oath say,
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the said
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, not being of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
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on the third day of April in the Year aforesaid from and out of a certain two pair of Stairs Window,
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then and there being in the Chamber or Apartment of her said
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in the Dwelling House of
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Mary Calclough widow, situate in North Chapel Court, in the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid, to
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the Ground, did violently cast and throw herself, to and against the Stone Pavement in the black Area or
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Yard of the said dwelling House, by Means whereof she the said
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did then there receive
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divers mortal Wounds and Bruises in and upon her Head and Body, of which said Mortal Wounds
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and Bruises she the said
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then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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Mind, Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by the
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Means aforesaid, did kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the rest of his
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said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, that Day Year
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