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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King, at the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter
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, the Seventh day of August in the Sixteenth 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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, Gentleman,
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Charles Green
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Richard Kilsby
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good and Lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly
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chosen, who being then and there duty Sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said Charles Green came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Charles Green on the Fourth day of August
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in the Year aforesaid at the Parish of Saint Mary Le Strand in the Liberty aforesaid in the County
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aforesaid to wit near to Somerset Stairs going in to the River Thames there to Bathe himself
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it so happened that accidentally casually and by Misfortune he the said Charles Green was
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in the waters of the said River then and there Suffocated and Drowned of which said
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Suffocation and Drowning he the said Charles Green then and there instantly Died. And
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so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
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aforesaid do say that the
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Year on
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manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his
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Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the Foreman
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of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to
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this Inquisition set their Hands, and Seals the Day Year and at the Place first above
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mentioned.
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Jas.
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Morris
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