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Sovereign Lord George the third
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who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the
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King when how and in what manner the said
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say upon their oath that the said
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years on the thirty first day of October in the year aforesaid being in a certain room
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there situate wherein was a fire It so happened
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that the Cloaths which the said
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from the said thirty first day
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of October in the year aforesaid until the third day of November in the same year
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at the parish and ward aforesaid in
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London
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aforesaid did languish and languishing
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did two and on the same day and year last aforesaid at the parish and ward aforesaid in
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aforesaid she the said
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Elizabeth Gibbs
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of the said mortal burning did die-And so
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lb
>
</
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>
the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
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Elizabeth Gibbs
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in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune
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came to her death and not otherwise-In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner
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as the said
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William Dobbins
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the
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foreman
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of the said Jurors on behalf of himself
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lb
>
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>
and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands
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lb
>
</
lb
>
and seals the day year and place first above written
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Wm Dobbins
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