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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to say, at<lb></lb>
the parish of Saint Bridget otherwise Bride in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo164">Ward of Farringdon</rs>
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without in London aforesaid on the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65003_date32">fourth of February in the thirtieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third</rs>
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by the Grace of God<lb></lb>
of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so forth before <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n222-3">Thomas Shelton</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo165">City of London</rs>
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on view of the Body of Stephen<lb></lb>
Noye now here lying dead by the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n222-4">Benjamin Barnett</rs>
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good and lawful men of the<lb></lb>
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aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to Inquire for our said Lord the<lb></lb>
King when how and after what manner the said Stephen Noye came to his death say upon them Oath<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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that the said Stephen Noye not being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted on<lb></lb>
the third day of February in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and Ward aforesaid in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo168">London</rs>
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aforesaid one<lb></lb>
end of a certain piece of Cord unto and about a certain Beam find in the Ward of a certain Room in the dwelling<lb></lb>
of one <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n222-18">Thomas Wright</rs>
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there situate and the other end of the said piece of Cord unto and about his own Neck<lb></lb>
then and there did fix tie and faster By means whereof he the said Stephen Noye slid then and there<lb></lb>
hang strangle and suffocate himself of which said hanging strangling and Suffocation he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n222-19">Stephen Noye</rs>
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did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Stephen Noye not<lb></lb>
being of sound mind memory and Understanding but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid<lb></lb>
did hang and kill himself In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner<obscured></obscured>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n222-20">Benjamin Barrett</rs>
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the Foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this<lb></lb>
Inquisition set their hands and Seals the day Year and place first above written.</p>
<p n="223"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">B. Barrett</note>
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Foreman</p>
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