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the Oath of
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Joseph Little
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John Barber
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Joseph Fletcher
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Thomas Day
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Benjamin Saunders
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William Stedman
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William Herbert
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William Bethell
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Thomas Baylis
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Robert Leeming
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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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came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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Sarah Cox
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on the Twenty third
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day of December being asleep in a certain Garrett belonging to the Chambers
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of
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Robert Graham
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Esqr. situate in
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Lincoln's Inn
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in the Parish aforesaid
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid and the Wind being very high the
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Stock of Chimneys of the said House were blown down into the Garret
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wherein the said
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was sleeping whereby the said
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then and there Accidentally Causally and by misfortune received divers
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mortal Bruises in and upon her Body, of which said mortal Bruises
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she the said
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Sarah Cox
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then and there instantly died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
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Sarah
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Cox
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in manner and by the means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and
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by Misfortune came to her Death, and not otherwise
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroners as
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the said
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John Wright Dent
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
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of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this
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Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place above
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mentioned.
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John
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Foreman
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