City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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5th January 1792 - 31st December 1792

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Image 646 of 86123rd August 1792


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An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King
at London that is to say at the parish of Saint Bennett Fink in the Ware of Broad Street in
London aforesaid on the twenty third day of August in the thirty second year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace 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 Elizabeth
Durham now here lying dead by the Oath of [..] Edward Morliss, Joseph
Stuart, John Miles< no role > , John Pickett< no role > , Thomas Clark< no role > , William Newton< no role > , Thomas Courtney< no role > ,
William Yates< no role > , Matthew Slater< no role > , Alexander Stewart< no role > , Thomas Bossey< no role > , Francis Jolit,
John Deskous< no role > , Peter Alexander< no role > , Daniel Stuawart< no role > , Giles Hanwall< no role > , John Gray< no role > , and James
Elworthy, good and lawful men of the City of London aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn
and charged to enquire for our Lord the King when how and in what manner the said
Elizabeth Durham< no role > came to her death say upon their Oath that the said Elizabeth Durham< no role >
on the twenty second day of August in the year aforesaid and for some time before had
been sick and diseased in her body of which said sickness and disease the said
Elizabeth Durham< no role > did languish and languishing did [..] until the said twenty
Second day of August in the same Year aforesaid when the said Elizabeth Durham< no role > of the
said Sickness and disease did die And So the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
say that the said Elizabeth Durham< no role > by the visitation of God died a natural death and by
no violent means or method whatsoever.In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said Edward Morris< no role > the Foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and
the rest of his fellows have in their presence to this Inquisition set their hands and
[..] seals the day Year and place first abovewritten.

Edward Morris< no role > [mark] Foreman




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