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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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, the Second day of January in the Fifteenth Year
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of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain,
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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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Thomas Prickard
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, Gentleman,
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a Woman Unknown then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Nathan
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Thomas Ferguson
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John
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Dobinson
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Richard Tomkins
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Henry List
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Thomas Andrews
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John Jobbins
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John Nunnery
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good and lawful Men of the Said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to enquire for our Said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said Woman Unknown came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath Say, That the said Woman Unknown on the
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Thirty first day of December in the said Fifteenth Year of his Majesty's
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Reign, being in
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in the Parish aforesaid within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, And that it so happened that the said
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Woman Unknown then and there Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune fell into a certain Pond, and in the Waters thereof was
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then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and
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Drowning she the said Woman unknown then and there died.
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And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that
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the said Woman unknown in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
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Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to her death, and
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not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner,
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as the said
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Nathan Smith
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the
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behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence,
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year
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and Place first above written
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Nathan Smith
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