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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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, Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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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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William Furnell
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James Draper
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William Windus
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John Lane
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James Wilkinson
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William Spratt
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James Adnum
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Thomas Higgs
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Thomas Croft
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Samuel Owen
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, James Hose, and
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Thomas Gilby
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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 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 er Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Thirtieth day of May in the
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Year aforesaid, the said
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a Pauper being in
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St. James's
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Infirmary situate in Poland Street in the said Parish of Saint James
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, It so happened that the said
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then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
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fell down the Stairs in the said Infirmary unto the Bottom thereof and
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thereby then and these received a mortal Concussion in and upon the Brain
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of her the said
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of which said mortal Concussion she the
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said
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then and there Died, And so the Jurors aforesaid
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upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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in Manner
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and by the means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
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came to her Death and not otherwise
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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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