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, and Thomas Shanthster
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good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
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chosen, who being then and were 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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h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said
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not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted on the Twenty fifth
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day of April in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid (to wit)
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into a certain water called the Bason in
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then and there instantly Died. And so the Jurors
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in Manner and
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by the Means aforesaid not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic
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and Distracted did Drown himself. In Witness where of as well the said Coroner as the
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to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at the Place abovementioned.
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