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Inquest Hears of Self Hanging and Verses Found
A Barking inquest probed the death of a journeyman carpenter who hanged himself in a town shed. His hat contained verses warning against false women. The item includes marriages in Worlingham and Beccles, a rector’s death, and port news with ships and crews.
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Chelmer
Malden
Barking
Hell
Ipswich
Worlingham
John Sayer
Tyrrel
Gipping
Beccles
Thomas Dilkes
Foot
Peggy Denny
Norwich
Mr. Watpode
Rockland St.Peter
New Beckenham
Norfolk
PORT
Penzance
Mary
Rippon
Plymouth
Content
Yabfley
Salcomb
Charming Polly
Richards
Portsmouth
Bergitt
Butlelly
Ann
Elizabeth
Naskill
Norway
Portmouth
Mather Bank
Granade
Roberson
Teneriffe
London
Deal
Portland
Kendall
Jamaica
Industry
Bunker
Quebec
W. Deal
Kendal
Granville
Cook
Newfoundland
Union Success
Fenwicke
St. Sebastian’s
Gravesend
Moro Castle
Johnson
Queen Charlotte
Parish
Rotterdam
Charles
Cowan
Naples
Fly
Hawkins
Genoa
George
Mabel
Léghorn
Townsend
Parker
Offend
Ac Dover
Lillies
Forbes
Lisbon
Speedwell
White
Trieste
New Success
Knox
Malaga
Shoreham
Cafco Bay
Moore
Gasco Bay
Minerva
Tallow
Africa
Andrew Mitchell
Prussia
Windsor
St. George’s
Prince of Brunswick
England
Bengal
East India Company
Lord Clive
Fat India Company
East Indies
Calais
Europe
Versailles
Gibraltar
Barbour
Spithead
Courageous
West Indies
Elliot
Wimbledon Common