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<p n="782"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo788">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westminster</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo789">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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,}<lb></lb>
to wit.</note>
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<p n="783">An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at the Dwelling House of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n783-1">Benjamin Lowe</rs>
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the Sign of the three Kings in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo790">Davies Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo791">Parish of<lb></lb>
St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo792">St. Peter, Westminster</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo793">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the thirtieth day of April<lb></lb>
in the thirty eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,<lb></lb>
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,<lb></lb>
and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n783-2">Anthony Gell</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ440">Esq</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ441">Coroner</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the said City<lb></lb>
and Liberty, on View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n783-229">Maria Charlotte Briand</rs>
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then and there<lb></lb>
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and<lb></lb>
Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and<lb></lb>
there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by<lb></lb>
what Means the said Maria Charlotte Briand came to her Death, do upon<lb></lb>
their Oath say that the said Maria Charlotte Briand on the twenty ninth day of April in the aforesaid being alone in the Porsy<lb></lb>
or Cellar belonging to the Dwelling House of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n783-3">John Tarrace</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo794">Bond<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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It so happened that the wearing Apparel which she the<lb></lb>
said Maria Charlotte Briand then and there had or her<lb></lb>
Body accidentally Casually & by Misfortune took fire, by<lb></lb>
reason whereof & from the Smoke & Flame arising from<lb></lb>
the said Fire she the said Maria Charlotte Briand was<lb></lb>
then & there suffocated & burnt Of which said Suffocation<lb></lb>
& Burning she the said Maria Charlotte Briand<lb></lb>
then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors<lb></lb>
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the<lb></lb>
said Maria Charlotte Briand in manner & by the<lb></lb>
means aforesaid accidentally casually & by Misfortune<lb></lb>
came to her Death and not otherwise</p>
<p n="784"> IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inqusition<lb></lb>
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.</p>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ442">Coroner</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n786-2">Jno Sydenham</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n786-3">Wm Low</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n786-4">William Edmunds</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n786-229">Willm. Pearson</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n787-512">Robt Figg</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ443">Junr</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n787-2">Thos Playfairs</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n787-3">Peter Moltoy</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n787-4">John Owell</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n787-5">John Andre</rs>
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