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AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at the Parish
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an Infant then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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John Allibone,
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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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on the Thirteenth Day of December
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in the Year aforesaid being an Infant of the Age of Four Years or thereabouts And being in a Two Pair
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of Stairs Room in the House ofHughes situate in the Parish and County aforesaid in
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which a Fire was then burning It so happened That the Linnen Bed Gown which he the said
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had on and were then and there accidentally, casually and by Misfortune catch'd Fire
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By Means whereof the Head, Breast and Body of him the said
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mortally scorch'd and burnt. Of which said mortal Scorching and Burning he the said John
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Bartlett then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That
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the said
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in manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally, casually and by
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Misfortune Came to his Death
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said John Allibone
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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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