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An Inquisition indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the King
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Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
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Felix Giardini
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William Gibson
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William Barton
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William Thomas
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Samuel Glegg
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James Smith
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George Barnett
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Richard Tillson
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John North
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William Stone
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John Russell
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George Skeate
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William Hutchinson
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, good and lawful Men of
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the said Liberty, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our
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said Lord the King, when how and by what means the said
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came to his death
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Do upon their Oath say, That the said
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George Dyer
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on the tenth day of May in the Year aforesaid was riding
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speedily on a Bay Horse, the Property of a certain Person to the Jurors aforesaid unknown, in a certain Ring in
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Hyde
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Park
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situate in the Parish and Liberty aforesaid in the County aforesaid, And that it so happened that the said Horse
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did then and there run away with the said
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, Whereupon the said
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did then and there quit
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Stirups in order to Disengage himself from the said Horse so running away with him the said
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George Dyer
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the said
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was then and there by the Force and Violence of the Motion of the said Horse thrown upon his Neck
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and the said Horse so continuing his speed did then and there accidentally casually and by misfortune throw the said
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George Dyer
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from his Neck to the Ground with great Violence upon his Head, by reason whereof he the said
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dis
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their and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune receive a Mortal Bruise on the right side of the Head hear the eight
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Ear of which he languished until the Eleventh day of May in the Year aforesaid, and then dyed of the said Bruise at
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St. George's Hospital
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in the
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Parish of St. George Hanover Square
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in the Liberty and County aforesaid; And that the said Horse
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was moving to the Death of the said
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George Dyer
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and is the Property of a Person to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Foreman, on the behalf of himself and the
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rest of the said Jurors, in their presence, have to his Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
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first abovementioned.
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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Felice Giardini
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Forman
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