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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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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 Thomas Heritage came to
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h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Heritage a Carpenter on
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the Thirty first day of July in the Year aforesaid being Work on the
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and then
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and there standing upon a Ladder and sawing a piece of Timber, which
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gave way, and the said Thomas Heritage Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune fell off and from the said Ladder unto the Ground, and thereby
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then and there received one mortal Wound and Contusion in and upon the
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right side of his Head, of which said mortal Wound and Contusion he the
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said Thomas Heritage from the said Thirty first day of July in the Year
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aforesaid until the Nineteenth day of November in the same Year at the
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Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid did languish and
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languishing did live, on which said Nineteenth day of November aforesaid
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at the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid he the said Thomas Heritage
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of the mortal Wound and Contusion aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said Thomas Heritage
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Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, in manner and by the Means
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aforesaid came to his Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof
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as well the said Coroner as the said
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Jurors, 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, the Day
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Year and Place first abovewritten
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