London

Deposition of a Witness taken at London
that is to say at the Parish of Saint
Bartholomew the Less in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London aforesaid this 17th day
of December 1792 on view of the Body of
Frances Burrows< no role > now here lying Dead

Elizabeth Wife< no role > of James Burrowson< no role > a Lodger at No. 10
Mitchell Street< no role > in the Parish of Saint Luke in the County
of Middx Tobacconist maketh Oath that about five OClock
in the afternoon of Friday last Dept. went out about a
little business leaving the deced her Daughter an Infant about four years of Age Standing near the fire side
in a two pair of Stairs front Room in said House and
another infant on the Bed that in about 4 or five Minutes
Dept. returned to the Room and found the deced standing
a little distance from the Fire her Cloaths all in Flames
Dept. immediately wrapt her own Cloaths round the deced
and by that means smothered the Flames Dept. took
the Child to a Doctor Oldhams & from thence to St.
Bartholomews Hospital [..] where Dept. left the Child
that the next Morning on Dept. going to the Hospital
she found the deced dead that the deced was very
much burnt on reveral fasts of his body face [..] Neck
and Legs

Sworn this 17th day of December 1792
before me}

her
Elizabeth [mark] Burrows< no role >
Mark