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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
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came to
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her Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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Apprentice to Mrs.
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Haddock Masitua maker (the wife of
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in the County aforesaid, on the Twenty second day of January in the Year
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aforesaid being walking in the Gutter at the Top on the outside of the
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was then lying upon the said Houses, It so happened that the said
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did then and the receive divers Fractures in and upon
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her left Thigh and left Arm, of which said Fractures she the said
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>
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from the said Twenty second day of January in the Year aforesaid untill
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>
</
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>
the fourteenth day of February in the Same Year at the said
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>
Parish of St. George
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>
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lb
>
</
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>
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>
Hanover Square
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inst
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"undefined"
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid did Languish and
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lb
>
</
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>
Languishing did live, on which said Fourteenth day of February aforesaid
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
at the
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rs
type
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id
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>
Parish of St. George
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>
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inst
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type
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"undefined"
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</
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>
<
rs
type
=
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>
Hanover Square
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
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type
=
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value
=
"Hanover Square"
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</
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>
<
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inst
=
"WACWIC65216_geo220"
type
=
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=
"undefined"
>
</
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>
aforesaid, she the said
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rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
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>
Ann Waite
</
rs
>
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interp
inst
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type
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value
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"Ann"
>
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inst
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type
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>
</
interp
>
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interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65216_n205-23"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
of the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
mortal Fractures aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
aforesaid do say, that the said
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id
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>
Ann Waite
</
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>
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type
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"Ann"
>
</
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>
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type
=
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=
"Waite"
>
</
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>
<
interp
inst
=
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type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
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>
in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Accidentally Causally and by Misfortune came to her death, and not otherwise
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
In Witness whereof as well the Said Coroner as the said
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rs
type
=
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id
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>
James Jones
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>
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inst
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type
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>
</
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>
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type
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>
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>
Foreman
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day year
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and Place first above written
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p
>
<
p
n
=
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>
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rs
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=
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id
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>
Tho. Prickard
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rs
>
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>
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inst
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>
</
interp
>
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type
=
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>
Coroner
</
rs
>
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inst
=
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type
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>
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p
n
=
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>
Jas.
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type
=
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>
Jones Foreman
</
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>
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>
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>
</
interp
>
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inst
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type
=
"gender"
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"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
</
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>
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