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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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, the Eleventh day of August in the twenty fifth
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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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 Man unknown came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Man unknown
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on the tenth day of August, in the Year aforesaid, was
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found drowned, and suffocated, in the
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and County aforesaid. That the said Man unknown had
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no marks of Violence appearing on his Body, But how or
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by what means he became drowned and Suffocated, no
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Evidence thereof, doth appear to the Jurors. In Witness
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whereof, as well the said Coroner, as the said
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of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself, and the
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Rest of his Fellows, in their Presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands, and Seals the Day, Year, and Place above-
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Tho. Prickard
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Chas. Dimmock
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