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<p n="215"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">City and Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo195">Westminster</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo196">County of Middlesex</rs>
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to Wit.</note>
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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the King<lb></lb>
at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo197">St. Margaret Westminster</rs>
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in the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church<lb></lb>
of St. Peter at <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo198">Westminster</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo199">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65202_date45">Eighth day of April</rs>
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in the Second Year of<lb></lb>
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland<lb></lb>
King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-1">Thomas Prickard</rs>
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Coroner of our said Lord the King,<lb></lb>
for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-99">Matthew O'Bryan</rs>
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than and there lying Dead;<lb></lb>
upon the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-2">Joseph Swain</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-4">John Simmons</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-5">Edward Bailey</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-89">Alexander Carnegy</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-36">Henry Herd</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-7">William Jones</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-8">Francis Boswell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-9">Richard Edwards</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-10">Thomas<lb></lb>
Bushell</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-66">Martin Cook</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-11">John Haley</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-12">Michael Jones</rs>
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, good and lawful Men of the said<lb></lb>
Liberty duly chosen, and who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord<lb></lb>
the King, when how and by what means the said, Matthew O'Bryan came to his Death, Do upon their<lb></lb>
Oath say, That on the Seventh day of April in the Year aforesaid, one <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-13">Isaac Brooks</rs>
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being driving two Geldings drawing a<lb></lb>
Coach along and through the Kings Highway in the Parish and Liberty aforesaid called <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo200">Knightsbridge</rs>
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towards<lb></lb>
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; It so happened that as the said Geldings were briskly trotting along the<lb></lb>
said Kings Highway called <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo203">Knightsbridge</rs>
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then and there drawing the said Coach, that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-14">Matthew O'Bryan</rs>
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was<lb></lb>
then and there against the Will of the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-15">Isaac Brooks</rs>
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forced to the Ground and the near hind Wheel of the said<lb></lb>
Coach did then and there causally accidentally by misfortune and against the Will of the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-16">Isaac Brooks</rs>
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instantly pass over the Head of the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-17">Matthew O'Bryan</rs>
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, and the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-18">Matthew O'Bryan</rs>
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did then<lb></lb>
and there casually accidentally and by misfortune receive a Mortal Fracture in and upon his said Head, Of which said<lb></lb>
Mortal Fracture he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-19">Matthew O'Bryan</rs>
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then and there instantly dyed, and in manner aforesaid casually accidentally<lb></lb>
and by misfortune came to his Death: And that the said Near hind Wheel of the said Coach was moving to the Death of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-20">Matthew O'Bryan</rs>
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, and is of the Value of ten Shillings, and the property and in the Possession of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-21">George Brunt</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-49">Rebecca Birch</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
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aforesaid in the said <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65202_geo205">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Inn holders. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n215-22">Joseph<lb></lb>
Swain</rs>
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Foreman on the behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands<lb></lb>
and Seals, the Day Year and Place abovementioned.</p>
<p n="216"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n216-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65202_occ58">Coroner</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="217"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65202_n217-1">Joseph Swain</rs>
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Foreman</p>
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