London Deposition of a Witness taken at London
that is to say at the Parish of Saint Bridget
otherwise Bride in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London
aforesaid the 25th. day of
January 1796 on view of the Body of
Richard Drabble< no role >
now here lying Dead
Cornelius Rose< no role >
a Prisoner
for Debt in His Majesty< no role >
's Prison
the Fleet
Maketh Oath that he hath known the deceased
Richard Drabble between three and four Months that he
was also a Prisoner for Debt in the said Prison that he was
ill in a decline when he first came to the prison that he
continued to waste away daily and get worse and for this
last Month part will that he was obliged to be lifted out and
into Bedthat he continued get worse daily until Saturday
Morning last when he departed this Lifethat a Surgeon
attended the deced during his illness
Sworn this 25th. day of
January 1796 before me}
his
Cornelius [mark] Rose< no role >
Mark