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good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law, required, and who being then and there duly sworn
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and charged to enquire for our said Lord the KING, when, how, and by what means the said
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whitmore then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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Do say That the said
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in Manner and by Means aforesaid accidentally
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casually and by Misfortune came to his Death
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In Witness whereof, as well
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the Foreman of
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the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned
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E Umfreville
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