An account how the Earl of Essex killed himself in the Tower of London, the 13th. of July 1683: As it appears by the coroners inquest, and the several informations following.

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Title: An account how the Earl of Essex killed himself in the Tower of London, the 13th. of July 1683: As it appears by the coroners inquest, and the several informations following.
Publication: [Edinburgh :: re-printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, printer to His most Sacred Majesty,; 1683]
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Subject terms: Suicide; Essex, Arthur Capel, -- Earl of, -- 1631-1683; Tower of London -- Early works to 1800.
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THe Information of Robert Sherwood of Fanchurch Street, Chyrur∣gion, taken the Fourteenth day of July, Anno Regni Caroli Secundi, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensor', &c. Tri∣cesimo Quinto, Anno{que} Dom. 1683.

SAith, That he hath viewed the Throat of the Earl of Essex, and does find that there is a large Wound, and that the Aspera Ar∣teria, or Wind-pipe, and the Gullet, with the Jugular Arteries; are all divided: Of which Wound he certainly died.

Robert Sherwood.