The young and the old had a high proportion of deaths. Suicide looked low. Tuberculosis (consumption) was high at the time. Lots of people died of teeth and fever. No cancer and heart disease, so I guess it cancels out.
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Rising of the lights sounds mysterious … I wonder what that was.
I wonder if King’s Evil was the pox? As in VD.
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I don’t know but there probably was cancer then and they didn’t recognize it as such ?
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More than likely … a great many cadavers were whisked off to be butchered up by medical science in it’s infancy … or meat pies at Sweeney Todds. … or body fat rendered down to make soap and candles.
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I hate it for the poor sap that died of Piles. 
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I see two died of lethargie. It seems I’ve been living with a terminal illness for 66 years and only just realised. I must remember to stand up more often.
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46 poor souls were killed by accidents. Not one accident mind you, but several. 
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Executed and prest to death sound gruesome.
I remember reading about ‘prest’ … if you were before the court and refused to plead you got a load of heavy rocks piled ontop of your chest as you lay on the floor until you opted for innocent or guilty.
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Tympany in animals is bloating, cows would get that if fed too much rich grass after being in all winter.
I get that after baked beans.
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I love this kind of stuff from a bygone age. A great idea for a thread.
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Same method was used a few times in the States as capital punishment. Pile rocks on you until you were crushed or suffocated.
Peine forte et dure (Law French for “hard and forceful punishment”) was a method of torture formerly used in the common law legal system, in which a defendant who refused to plead (“stood mute”) would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones placed upon his or her chest until a plea was entered, or death …
Blame it on the French.
I will if you will. 
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I get on everyone else’s case I have to work the French in there somewhere.
Hence the saying prest for an answer,
I’ll get me coat.
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Affrighted sounds intriguing. 
I suppose that would be called scared to death these days.
impostume I had to look that one up, kinda wish I hadn’t
(ˈæbsɛs , -sɪs) noun. a localized collection of pus formed as the product of inflammation and usually caused by bacteria. verb.
“Kil’d by several accidents.” Also known as death by bad luck. 
And I thought it was some sort of disaster at Blackpool.