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<p n="856"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo821">City & Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo822">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65208_date164">Twentieth day<lb></lb>
of June 1768</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo823">Tothill Fields Bridewell</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo824">St. Margaret within the City and<lb></lb>
Liberty of Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo825">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on an Inquisition touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n856-42">Rachel<lb></lb>
Mede</rs>
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a Prisoner then and there lying dead.</p>
<p n="857"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n857-1">Sarah Scot</rs>
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(the Wife of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n857-2">Robert Scot</rs>
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) a Prisoner in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo826">Tothill Fields Bridewell</rs>
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on her Oath saith that, She has<lb></lb>
been Prisoner there about thirteen weeks, that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n857-3">Rachel<lb></lb>
Mede</rs>
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the Deced was brought Prisoner to said Prison<lb></lb>
about two Months ago<del>about a fortnight ago</del>
seemingly in good Health<lb></lb>
Says that she continued so, until about a fortnight<lb></lb>
ago when she was seized with a violent pain in<lb></lb>
her Head, Says that on Thursday last Deced grew<lb></lb>
worse, and had a violent Fever and was attend by<lb></lb>
Mr. Purdue an <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65208_occ244">Apothecary</rs>
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, who Administred<lb></lb>
to me Medicines to the Deced, but Deced died last<lb></lb>
Saturday about Twelve o Cock (June 18th.) in said Prison<lb></lb>
says that the Deced was not ill used by the Keeper<lb></lb>
or his Servants, or any of her Fellow Prisoners in<lb></lb>
said prison, and Dept. believes that the Deced died<lb></lb>
a Natural Death. Says that the Deced had her<lb></lb>
Allowance from the Keeper every day, and lay<lb></lb>
in a Bed in one of the Keeper's Rooms in said<lb></lb>
Prison during all the time that she was there, excepting<lb></lb>
the<del>two</del>
first Nights after her coming in</p>
<p n="858">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n858-1">Sarah Scot</rs>
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<p n="859">Sworn the Day Year & Place<lb></lb>
abovementioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n859-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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