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good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who being then and there
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duly Sworn and Charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when, how and
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by what means the said Thomas CursensCame to his Death, do
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upon their Oath say That on the Sixth day of March in the Year aforesaid the said Thomas
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Granville Earl Gower situate in
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Thomas Cursens was standing, being three Stories high, unto and upon the Ground by reason whereof
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he the said Thomas Cursens did then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune receive divers
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mortal Wounds in and upon his Head and right Shoulder, of which said mortal Wounds he the said
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Thomas Cursens from the said Sixth day of March in the Year aforesaid until the Seventh day of
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in the said Parish of St. Margaret within
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the City Liberty and County aforesaid did languish and languishing did live, on which said
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Seventh day of March in the Year aforesaid, he the said Thomas Cursens, at the Hospital aforesaid
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of the said mortal Wounds did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do
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say, that the said Thomas Cursens in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually
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and by Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of
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his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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