London
T: Shelton
Corr.
An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London, that is to say, at
the Parish of Saint Bridge otherwise Bride in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London
aforesaid on the
[..] second day of October in the thirtieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of
God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so forth before
Thomas Shelton< no role >
Gentleman
Coroner
of our said Lord the King for the City of London
and Borough of Southwark
on view of the body of Thomas
[..] now here lying died by the cash of
Cornelius Crowley< no role >
Samuel Oughton< no role >
William Austin< no role >
William Hand< no role >
William
[..]
William Eades< no role >
James Young< no role >
William Barnett< no role >
William Greenfield< no role >
Arthur Hicks< no role >
William Collins< no role >
John Cushon< no role >
Samuel Rowe< no role >
William & then
William Chandler< no role >
and
Bartholomew Fitzgerald< no role >
good and lawful men
of the City of London
aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the
king when how and in what manner the said
Thomas Coombes< no role >
came to his death say upon their oath that
the said
Thomas Coombes< no role >
not being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted
in the said twenty second day of October in the year aforesaid one End of a certain small Cord of no value
into and over the Top of a certain door in the Garrett of a certain dwelling house of and belonging to
me
Robert Streetman< no role >
situate in the Parish and Ward aforesaid in London
aforesaid and the other end
of the said piece of Cord unto and about his own neck then and there did fix tie and fasten By means
whereof he the said
Thomas Coombes< no role >
did then and there hang strangle and suffocate himself of which said
hanging strangling and suffocation he the said
Thomas Coombes< no role >
did men and there die And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said
Thomas Coombes< no role >
not being of sound mind
memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did hang
and kill himself In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Cornelius Crowley< no role >
the foreman of
the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition
set their hands and seals the day year and place first above written.
Corls Crowley [mark] Fore Man