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Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
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of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
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lying dead
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John White
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William Wilson
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Henry Fry
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Samuel Townshead
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James Bass
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John Griffiths
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Miles Walker
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William Spencer
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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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Margaret Jones
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came to
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h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said
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Margaret Jones
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not being of
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sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
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Lunatick
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and distracted on the
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Thirty first day of January in the Year aforesaid at the said
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within the Liberty and County aforesaid into the
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River Thames
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these did
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cast and throw herself by means of which said casting and throwing she the said
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Margaret Jones
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in the waters of the said River was then and there suffocated
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and drowned of which said Suffocation and drowning she the said
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Margaret
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Jones
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then and there died And so the James aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
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do say that the said
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Margaret Jones
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not being of sound Mind Memory and understanding
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but Lunatick and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did drown and hill
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herself
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In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
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John
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Randall
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Foreman of the said Jurors
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on the behalf of himself and the rest of
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his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands and
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Seals the Day Year and place abovementioned
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Tho Prickard
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Coroner
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.
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John Randall
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Foreman
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