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the Sign of the King, Head James
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Margaret within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate
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, the fourteenth day of July
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in the thirty sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the
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by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,
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and so forth, before
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then and there
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lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
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Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and
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there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by
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on the twelfth day of July in the
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aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid To Wit
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being at Work on a certain Scaffold erected in the front of the Dwelling
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of Mr Mills It so happened that accidentally casually
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said Scaffold fell to the Ground and upon a certain Spi
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on his right Side
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Wound of the depth of six Inches and of the breadth of one
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which said Mortal Wound he the said
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until the thirteenth day of July in the year aforesaid
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thirteenth day of July in the year aforesaid at the West
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Infirmary aforesaid of the said Mortal Wound,
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aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune
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to his Death and not other wise
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