LondonDeposition of a Witnesses taken at London
that is to say at the Parish of Saint Bridget
otherwise Bride in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London aforesaid this 25th. day of
January 1799 on view of the body of William
Rose< no role > now here lying Dead

Elizabeth Wife< no role > of William Coleman< no role > of No. 44 Bridewell Christchurch
Surrey Tallow Chandler maketh Oath that she hath known the deced
William Rose< no role > who was distantly related to Dept. about twenty YearsThat he deced
hath been a Prisoner in the Fleet Prison about a year and three quarters
That the deced has been in a decline and consumption between five
and Six Years That this quarter of a Years part the deced has get
much worse spit and coughed very much and declined daily until
within this Month past since which he has been very End and get
worse daily until Wednesday Evening the 23d instant when he
departed this Life

Sworn this 25th, day of January
1799}

E Coleman