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duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner
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by reason and means
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thereof was then and there mortally burned in divers and very many parts of the Body of her the said
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Mary Burdon
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Of which said mortal burning she the said
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Mary Burdon
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on the day and your last aforesaid at the said parish
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of Saint Bartholomew the less in the said
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ward of Farringdon
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without in London aforesaid did die And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do Say that the said
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Mary Burdon
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in manner and by the means
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</
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>
aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally burned and killed In Witness whereof as well the
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>
</
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>
said Coroner as the said
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Charles Dixon
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the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his
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fellows
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in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
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Charles Dixon
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>
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Foreman
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>
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>
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