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An Inquisition indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the King
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King Defender of the Faith and so forth, before
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said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
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then and there lying Dead upon
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the Oath of
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Thomas Greening
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Moses Wilson
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John Chilton
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Gilbert Ogilvie
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Stephen Gaudry
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Gilbert Sheldon
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William Stidman
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John Malpas
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Joseph Palmer
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Samuel Jaremard
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John Groves
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William
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Graces
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Alexander Richardson
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Samuel Harris
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Peter Mounier
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Charles Stace
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Thomas Stelling
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Peter Harris
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William
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Conaway
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Benjamin Wood
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Thomas Nethersole
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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, and who
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being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and
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by what means the said
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John Dixon
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came to his Death, Do upon their Oath say, That
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the said
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John Dixon
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"John"
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"Dixon"
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</
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>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n529-22"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
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>
on the Seventh day of June in the year aforesaid and for a long time before being ill, and labouring
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lb
>
</
lb
>
under a grievous Hypochdraick Disorder, and by reason of the violence of the said Disorder on the Day and Year
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid being Delicious and out of his Mind, at the Parish aforesaid in the Liberty and County aforesaid, one end of a
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
certain piece of Small Cord unto an Iron Bolt which fastend a Grate over the Vault in the Dwelling House of
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type
=
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>
William
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lb
>
</
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>
Wright
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>
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=
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type
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value
=
"William"
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>
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"Wright"
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>
<
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inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n529-23"
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>
</
interp
>
Oylman situate in
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rs
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>
Compton Street
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rs
>
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inst
=
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type
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=
"Compton Street"
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>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65202_geo463"
type
=
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value
=
"undefined"
>
</
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>
in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and the other
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
End thereof about his own Neck did fix, tye and fasten, and therewith did then and there hang suffocate choak
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and strangle himself, Of which said Hanging Suffocation Choaking and Strangling, he the said John
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
del
>
Dixon the
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
there Died: And so the Juror
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
aforesaid upon their Oath
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
that the said
</
del
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
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>
John Dixon
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>
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inst
=
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type
=
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value
=
"John"
>
</
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>
<
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inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n529-25"
type
=
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=
"Dixon"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n529-25"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
, so being Delicious and out of his Mind as aforesaid in M
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
and by the Means
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
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>
John Gerard
</
rs
>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n529-26"
type
=
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"John"
>
</
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>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n529-26"
type
=
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=
"Gerard"
>
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>
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inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n529-26"
type
=
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>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Foreman, on the behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors, in their presence, have to this
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"530"
>
<
rs
type
=
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>
Tho. Prickard
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>
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type
=
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>
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inst
=
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=
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</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
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type
=
"gender"
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=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
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>
Coroner
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rs
>
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=
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=
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>
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>
</
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>
<
p
n
=
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>
<
rs
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=
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id
=
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>
John Gerard
</
rs
>
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inst
=
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=
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value
=
"John"
>
</
interp
>
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inst
=
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=
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>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65202_n531-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
Foreman
</
p
>
</
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>
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