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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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the Wife of
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then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
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Thomas Wharton
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James George
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Thomas Price
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Thomas Rogers
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John
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Woodward
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John Plumbridge
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and
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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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William Rampton
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Buly Bladen (suspected
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to have been Murdered) on the Twelfth day of November in the
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Year aforesaid, at the said Parish of
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid, departed this life
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by the Visitation of God in a natural Way, and not by any
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Hurt or Injury from the said
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Benjamin Bladen
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her said
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Husband, or any other Person whatsoever, to the Knowledge
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of the said Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said
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Coroner, as the said
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John Cullis
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Foreman of the said Jurors,
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their
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presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
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the Day Year and Place First above written.
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