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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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the Ground and the Near Wheel of the said Cart then and there forced the said
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the same Month in the same Year at the Parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate aforesaid and
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the Year aforesaid he the said
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Holmer and is of the Value of five Shillings and the Property and in the Possession of John
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Tunbridge
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of the Parish of
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Saint John Wapping
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in the said County Cannan or of his Assigns
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IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said
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William Smith
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the Foreman of the 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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</
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above written.
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Thos. Phillips
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Wm Smith
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Foreman
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