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That on the seventeenth Day of May
1795 this Deponent went to |
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the said Peter Geary to inform him that the Corpse of
William Burden |
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an Infant about fourteen Months old was to be buried
that Day |
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and this Deponent enquired of the said Peter Geary
what time he |
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would appoint for that purpose That the said Peter
Geary appointed |
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six o'Clock in the Evening for the Funeral (as far as
this Deponent |
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recollects) That this Deponent believes that the said
Corpse was |
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not brought to the Chapel for Internment at that Hour
but that it |
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remained at the House of William Burden the Father
until |
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the said Peter Geary arrived at the Chapel That this
Deponent |
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remained in the Street waiting the Arrival of the
said Peter Geary |
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from six o'Clock until eight o'Clock or thereabouts
That upon this |
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Deponent seeing the said Peter Geary coming at that
Time this |
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Deponent went to the House of the said William Burden
and preceded |
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the Corpse to the Chapel where the Service being read
the Corpse |
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was carried to the usual Place for Interment and
there buried. |
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That on the sixth Day of April in the Year of our Lord 1795 |
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Thomas Penny a Private in the North Hants Regiment of
Militia then |
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quartered at the Town of Newport was to be buried at
the same Time |
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with one John Brotherly a Private in the one hundred
and seventh |
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Regiment That the Corpse of the said John Brotherly
was brought |
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to the Chapel between the Hours of five and six
o'Clock in the evening That |
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the said Peter Geary waited some Minutes for the
Arrival of the Corpse |
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of the said Thomas Penny but as the Corpse of the
said Thomas Penny |
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did not arrive within that Time he proceeded to read
the Service over |
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the Corpse of the said John Brotherly That just as
the Service was |
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finished before the Surplice was taken off from the
said Peter Geary |
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the Corpse of the said Thomas Penny was brought into
the Chapel |
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That the said Peter Geary then left the Reading Desk
to precede the |
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Corpse of the said John Brotherly to the Church Yard
and when |
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he was gone a little Way from the Chapel this
Deponent by the |
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Desire of the Reverend Mr Davies the Chaplain of the
Regiment of |
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the North Hants Militia went to him and requested
that the said |
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Mr Davies might bury the Corpse of the said Thomas
Penny |
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which the said Peter Geary refused and the Corpse of
the said Thomas |
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Penny remained all Night in the Chapel unburied That
on the |
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Morning of the next Day the seventh Day of April the
said Peter |
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Geary attended to bury the said Corpse of the said
Thomas Penny and |
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that the said Peter Geary omitted to read the
Sentences taken out of |
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the Book of Job at the Beginning of the Service for
the Burial of the |
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Dead |
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And further to the said Article this Deponent cannot depose |
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To the Interrogatories
administered on the part of the |
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said Peter Geary this Deponent saith as follows |
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To the third Interrogatory this Deponent saith That he doth |
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not know that there is any particular Customary Hour
set apart for |
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the Burial of Persons in any Parish but the Custom
established at |
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Newport is that when it is known that a Person is to
be buried the |
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Clerk or Sexton waits upon the Minister for him to
appoint the Hour |
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and that upon the Hour being appointed by the
Minister the Parties |
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concerned are made acquainted with it That sometimes
a |
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particular Hour is wished by the Parties concerned
& then the Minister |
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if it suits his convenience appoints the Hour
proposed |
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To the fourth Interrogatory this Deponent saith That the |
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general Duties of the Minister of the Chapel of
Newport have |
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been encreased since there have been temporal
Barracks in Newport. |