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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
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King at the Parish of Saint Anne
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
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Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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, Gentleman,
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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William Potier
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William Smart
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Henry Somes
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Thomas Sylvester
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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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Samuel Crisp
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came to
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his Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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Samuel Crisp
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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
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distracted on the Tenth day of January in the year aforesaid
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at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
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aforesaid, a great Quantity of the Solution of Substitute being deadly Davison
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did take drink and swallow down, by Means whereof he the
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Samuel Crisp
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became then and there
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distempered in his Body, and of the Poison aforesaid and
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of the Sickness and Distemper thereby occasioned; at the
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Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid, he the
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Samuel Crisp
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on the Tenth day of January aforesaid
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did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
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aforesaid do say, that the said
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not being
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of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick
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and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
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did Poison and kill himself In Witness whereof as
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well the said Coroner as the said
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William Potier
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his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
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set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first
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abovewritten
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