London

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the Parish of Saint
Martin Vintry in the ward of Vintry in London aforesaid on the twenty first day of april in the
thirty second 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 Evan Owens< no role > now here
lying dead by the Oath of William Richards< no role > , John Mills< no role > , John Guise< no role > , Adams East< no role > , John Duncan< no role > , John
Islip, George Coleman< no role > , Joseph Dempsey< no role > , William Mr. Cellan, William Farren< no role > , Thomas Atkin< no role > ,
John Andrew< no role > Grobb, and Nathaniel Ward< no role > , good and lawful men of the Parish and ward
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 Evan Owens< no role > came to his Death say upon their
Oath that the said Evan Owens< no role > not being of sound mindandmemory and understanding but being Lunatic and
distracted on the twentieth day of april in the year aforesaid one end of a certain piece of Rope
of no value fastened about the Railing over a Close Door in a Certain Room in the dwelling house
of him the said Evan Owens< no role > and the other End of the said piece of Rope round and about his
Own neck then and there did fix tye and fasten by means whereof he the said Evan Owens< no role > did then
and there hang strangle and suffocate himself of which said hanging strangling and Suffocation
he the said Evan Owens< no role > did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say that the said Evan Owens< no role > not being of sound mind and understandingandmemory
but Lunatic and Distracted as aforesaid in manner and by the means aforesaid
did hang and kill himself In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said William
Richards 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

Willm Richards [mark] Foreman