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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our
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said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said
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to his death say upon their oath that the said
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of December in the year aforesaid being going down certain stairs leading
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to a cellar in a house there situate called the Phoenix fire office It so happened
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at the bottom of the said Stairs by means whereof the said
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then and there receive one mortal wound in and upon his head of which said
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did then and there die-And so the Jurors
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death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said James
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Davies the younger the
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"foreman"
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of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his
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lb
>
</
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id
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"LMCLIC65010_geo1621"
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fellows
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"LMCLIC65010_geo1621"
type
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interp
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interp
inst
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"LMCLIC65010_geo1621"
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"type"
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"undefined"
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in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day
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lb
>
</
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year and place first above written
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n
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James Davies
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Junr
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type
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value
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"Foreman"
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</
p
>
</
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>
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