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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that
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in the thirty fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George
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the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith
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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen
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sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what
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manner the said Man unknown came to his death say upon their oath that the said
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man unknown then lately before accidentally casually and by misfortune fell into
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there suffocated and drowned of which said suffocation and drowning the said
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the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself
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and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands
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