Ann< no role >
the Wife
of Richard Clayton< no role >
a Servant
to Mr.
Morton of the Queenhead Dark house Lane aforesaid
maketh Oath that about ½ part nine in the Morning of
Tuesday last a Man in the dress of a Greenwich
Pensioner
came out of the Room No. 4 on the second Floor in Mr. Morton
House the same Room Dept. afterwards saw the deced in
that he had all his Cloaths and his Halon and desired Dept.
to tell the Waiter to bring him a Pint of Pare to the Room he
came out of that about ten Minutes after the Man came
down to the Tap Room had a Pint of Pare which he took
up Stairs and went into the Room (wherein the deced
was) withinthat about a quarter of an how after the
said Man came down Stairs and went out as the Street
Door and Dept. has seen nothing of the said Man since
that at the time he went out Dept. did not observe any
charge in his Countenance or appearance whatever
different from what she had observed before-Dept. went
that about eleven OClock Dept. went to the Room Door
wherein the deced was and opened it Dept. halloed into
the Room and sayed it was eleven OClock but receiving no
answer Dept. concluded the deced was asleep-that
about ½ part One Dept. went again opened the Door
and went in (it being a dark Room Dept. had taken a
Candle in with her) and on going to the deced Dept. found
her Dead in the Bed athat it ColdDept. being alarmed
called the Cook Maid Pegg who returned with Dept. to
the Room to the deced Dept. then touched her that she was
quite Coldthat she layed straight in the Bed had all
her Cloaths on except Shoes & Stockings that they found a Womens Pocket under the
deceds Head-that there were only some papers a Thimble
and Camb in the Pocket-that aMr. BoxedSurgeon who
had been sent for came that the examined the deced sayed
[..] she was quite dead and therefore nothing could
be done for her but that there were no Marks of violence
about her
Sworn this 19th. day of December 1793
before me}
Ann Clayton< no role >