London
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T: Shelton
Corr. [mark]
An Inquisition Indented are taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that
is to say at the parish of Saint Bridget otherwise Bride in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London
aforesaid on the fifth day of March in the twenty ninth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the third
by the
Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Etc. before
Thomas Shelton< no role >
Gentleman
Coroner
of our said Lord the King for the City of London
and Borough of Southwark
on view of the Body of
Thomas Fletcher< no role >
now here lying dead by the Oath of
Robert Jones< no role >
,
Cornalius Crowley< no role >
Samuel Oughton< no role >
William Eddes< no role >
John Crabb< no role >
Thomas Sydenham< no role >
Thomas Curfey< no role >
George Gambey
Edward Morris< no role >
William
Greefield
,
John Stead< no role >
and Mark Winsley good and lawful men of the City of London
aforesaid who
being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in
what manner he said
Thomas Fletcher< no role >
came to his Death say upon their Oath that the said Thomas
Fletcher being< no role >
a prisoner in his Majestys Prison of the Fleet
on the fourth day of March in the year
[..]
aforesaid was and for a long will before to wit for the space of Ten months then before had been sick
and diseased in his body And of such sickness and discease did languish untill the said fourth day
of March when he the said
Thomas Fletcher< no role >
did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say that the said
Thomas Fletcher< no role >
on the said fourth day of March in the year aforesaid
at the said Parish of Saint Bridget otherwise Bride in the said Ward of Farringdon
without in
London
aforesaid by the visitation of God died a natural Death and by no violent means
[..]
or method whatsoever In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Robert Jones< no role >
the Foreman of
the said Jurors behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals
the day Year and place first above written.
Rt [mark] Jones