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France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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good and lawfull 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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his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
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on the Eighteenth day
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of March in the Year aforesaid being Riding upon a certain Black Horse in
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in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
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from the said Horse unto the Ground, by Means whereof the said
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then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune received a Violent
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Concussion in and upon the Brain of him the said
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which said violent Concussion he the said
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Eighteenth day of March in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in
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the Liberty and County aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid
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upon their Oath. aforesaid
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Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by
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Misfortune came to his death and not otherwise. In Witness
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whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of
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his Fellows in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
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Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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Foreman
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