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then and there lying dead, upon
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the Oath of
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Michael
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chose, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and
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distracted, on the twenty sixth day of September in the year aforesaid
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one End of a certain piece of Cord unto a Nail fixed in the Door in the
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Lodging Room or apartment of him the said
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in the
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Dwelling House of
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John Phipps
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the said Parish of Saint Margaret within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid and the other End there of about his Liberty and County
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and fasten and therewith did then and these hang suffocate
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and strangle himself of which saw hanging suffocation and
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strangling he the said
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Edward Williams
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mind Memory and Undersatanding but lunatick and distracted
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in manner and by the means aforesaid did till himself
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In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner as the said Robert Askey Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their
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presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the
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Day Year and Place abovementioned.
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