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27 May
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£100
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The Informacon to
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County of
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. taken ye 27th. day of May Ad Din 1692
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before
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Coronr
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. of London touching ye Death
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. then lyeing dead Sworne & exaied
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Sayth that ye Twenty Sixth day of this instant May between ye.
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houres of Eight of ye Clocke in ye Evening & one of ye Clocke ye next morning
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hee this Informt. together wth. ye decd. Mr.
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George Pitt
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Mr. Kingsmell & one Mr
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Fredricke Tilney
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were drinking at ye Young Divell Taverner neare Temple barr
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and there ariseing some discouse in relacon to ye King & the Governmt. which
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apeared very reflecting & being taken Notice of by Mr. Pitt, it made Mr Pitt seeme
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uneasy & ye sd. Mr. Pitt & ye decd. afterwards towarted one another whereupon
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ye decd. being in a heate called ye sd. Mr. Pitt Raskall & many more words
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arose thereupon, but this Informt. wth. much adoe recomited them And this
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Informt. Sayth that ye decd. some time after goeing downe stayres this
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Informt. thought that ye decd had been gone, but ye decd. Soone returning
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again. Mr. Pitt & Mr. Kingsmell would have kept him out of ye Roome but
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this Informt desireing they might lett him in, They accordingly did and ye
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decd. renewed ye Quarrell calling ye sd. Mr. Pitt Pultrome Coward & other
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Aucrilons names taxeing ye sd Mr. Pitt to putt ye Quarrell to an end sayeing
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why don't you strike ye. pipe downe my throate or to that effect, And this
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informt. sayth hee did prwaite wth ye sd. pties to putt off their Quarrell till
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next morning, and tooke all ye Swords from them intending to have engaged
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one of ye Company to have gone home wth Mr Pitt, & this Informt. intended
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to have gone house, wth Mr House to his Lodging in order to have made
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them freinds next day & prsented Mischiefs But Soone after they came
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out of doores some fresh words ariseing betweene them, upon wth this
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Informt. & Mr. Kinswell went a little backe in Ordr. to agree upon a
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Mother for pting them, but prsently hearing a clasting of Swords or
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a Sword & a Sticke they came to ye decd. & Mr. Pitt & found ye decd
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downe upon ye Ground by ye Temple gate & Mr. Pitt not farr from him
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& doth conceive that by ye clashing aforesd. they Struke each other &
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that ye Ord. recd. his mortall round by ye hands of Mr. Pitt but cannot
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say hee saw either of their Swords drawne
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