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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that
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in the thirty third
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George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
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William Liddon
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, good and lawful men of the
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aforesaid who being now
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here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and
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in what manner the said
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came to his death say upon their Oath that
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on the fifteenth day of November in the year aforesaid accidentally
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and in and with the Waters of the
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said River was then and there suffocated and drowned of which said suffocation and drowning
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he the said
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wid then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
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their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in manner and by the
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means aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune was suffocated and drowned
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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the foreman
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of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have
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to this Inquisition set there hands and seals the day year and place first above written
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Willm Liddon
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Foreman
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