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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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Great-Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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the Oath of
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, 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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George Matthew
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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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George Matthew
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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 fourth day of January in the year aforesaid one End
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of a certain Piece of Cord unto an Iron Staple fastened in one of the
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wooden Joysts in the Ceiling in the Lodging Room or Apartment of
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him the said
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in the Dwelling House of
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Walter Cross
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situate and being in
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in the said Parish of St. Margaret
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid and the other and thereof about
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his own neck did fit tie and fasten and therewith did then and there
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hang suffocate and strangle himself of Which did then and there
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Suffocation and strangling he the said
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then and
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there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say that said
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Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted in manner
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In Witness whereof as well the
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William Oliver
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Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence
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have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
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and Place abovementioned.
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