London
An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to say
as the parish of Saint Lawrence Jury in the Ward of Cripplegate
within in London aforesaid on the twenty
third day of December
in the thirty fourth 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 Brough of Southwark
on view of the
Body of
Sarah Tucker< no role >
now here lying dead by the Oath of
James Bond< no role >
Thomas Reynolds< no role >
George Singleton< no role >
William
Boyden< no role >
John Griffiths< no role >
Hodgson Clark
James Watts< no role >
Joseph Gould< no role >
William Overall< no role >
John Faine< no role >
Samuel Dashbrook< no role >
and
Samuel Woollen< no role >
good and lawful men of the City of London
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
Sarah Tucker< no role >
came to her death say upon their Oath that the said
Sarah Tucker< no role >
not being of sound mind
memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted on the twentieth day of December in the year aforesaid in London
aforesaid
[..] at the parish and Ward
aforesaid in London
aforesaid One end of a certain hankerchief of the value of Six pence unto and about a certain Iron curtain rod
at the top of the foot of a certain bed stead in a certain room in the dwelling house of
James Brewer< no role >
there situate and the other end
of the said hankerchief
[..] round and about her own neck did then and there fix tye & fasten by means whereof she the said Sarah
Tucker did then and there hang strangle and suffocate herself by means of which said hanging strangling and suffocation she the
said
Sarah Tucker< no role >
did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Sarah Tucker< no role >
not being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted in manner aforesaid
did hang and kiill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
James Bond< 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 hands
and seals the day year and place first above written
James Bond< no role >
[mark] Foreman