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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
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sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
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Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
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in the Year aforesaid being an Infant of the Age of Two Years and nine Months or thereabouts and
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being in The Bed Room of his Father Charles Avery situate in
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County aforesaid wherein a Candle was then burning It so happened That the Linnen Frock
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by Misfortune catclid Fire By Means whereof the Breast Belly and Groin of him the said
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said
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in Manner and by
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the Means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said
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William Curnock
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
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their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
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Wm Curnock
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