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King at the Dwelling House of
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of
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Eighteenth day of February 1793
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in the thirty third
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Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
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Great - Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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then and there lying dead, upon
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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 the said
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Mary Elmer
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Mind, Memory and Understanding, but lunatic and distracted, on the Sixteenth
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day of February, in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid
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one End of a certain Piece of small Cad unto a Beam which was across an Outhouse in the Yard
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belonging, to the dwelling House of Sir
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aforesaid (with whom
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she the said
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Mary Elmer
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fix, tye, and fasten, and therewith did then and there hang, suffocate, and strangle herself,
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then and there died: And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do
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but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the Means aforesaid did
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kill herself.In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the
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said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the Day
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Year and Place first above - written.
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Foreman
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James
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