London
An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to say at
the parish of Saint Bartholomew the less in the ward of Farringdon
without in London aforesaid
on the twenty second day of December
in thirty third
[..] 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 Lord the King for the City of London
and Borough
of Southwark
on view of the Body of
Elizabeth Haycock< no role >
now here lying dead by the Oath of
John Harvey< no role >
,
William Salmon< no role >
,
John Blackett< no role >
,
John Castle< no role >
,
Ralph Monk< no role >
, Thomas Faith,
Thomas Tisdall< no role >
,
James Fresfield< no role >
,
John Dolphin< no role >
,
John Bush< no role >
William Brownjohn< no role >
, William
Burt,
William Wilson< no role >
, William Scaife,
John Edward< no role >
William March< no role >
, and George
Strectin, 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 Elizabeth
Haycock came to her death say upon their Oath that the said
Elizabeth Haycock< no role >
on the fifth
day of December in the year aforesaid being in a certain room in the Dwelling house of
John Haycock< no role >
situate in the parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch
in the County of Middlesex
and being near into
a certain lighted candle it so happened that the Cloaths and Wearing apparel of accidentally the said
Elizabeth Haycock< no role >
[..] casually
and by misfortune caught fire and were consumed And the said
Elizabeth Haycock< no role >
with the
Flames arising from the said fire
Candlewas then and there mortally burned of which said
burning she the said
Elizabeth Haycock< no role >
[..] from the said Fifth day of
December in the year aforesaid until the twentieth day of the same
[..] month of December
in the same year as well at the said parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch
in the County of
Middlesex
as also at the said parish of Saint Bartholomew the less in the said Ward of
Farringdon
without in London
aforesaid did languish and languishing did live On which
said twentieth day of december in the year aforesaid the said
Elizabeth Haycock< no role >
at the parish
last aforesaid in the ward aforesaid in London
aforesaid of the said burning did die And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Elizabeth Haycock< no role >
in manner
and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune was burned and Killed
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
John Harvey< 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 hand and seals the day year and place first above written.
John Harvey< no role >
[mark] Foreman