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France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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an Infant then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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John Clarke
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Timothy Gibbard
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Edward
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Sheaf
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John Evans
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
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King, when, how, and by what Means the said
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John Payton
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came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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John Payton
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the Infant, of the Age
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of three Years, on the Twenty sixth day of February in the Year aforesaid
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being alone in the Room or Apartment of
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situate in
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within the
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Liberty and County aforesaid, and then and there standing near the
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Fire side, It so happened that the Linnen gown which he the said
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John Payton
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had on his Body, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune took fire, by
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Reason whereof, and from the Smoke and Flames arising from the said
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Fire, he the said
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John Payton
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was then and there much Burnt in the Thighs
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Back Sides, and Private Parts, of which said Burning he the said
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John
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at the said Parish of
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St. Margaret
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within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid until the Twenty second day of March in the same Year
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languishing did live, and thereof then and there died. And so the
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Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
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John
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Payton
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in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually
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and by Misfortune came to his death and not otherwise.
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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John
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Dover
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Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and
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>
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the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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John Dover
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Foreman
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p
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