Middlesex
To Wit.

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An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the parish of Saint Andrews
Holborn above the Barrs in the County of Middlesex , the twentyfifthfourth Day of May in the 22d. 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, Etc. before Edward Umfreville< no role > one of the Coroners of Our said Lord
the KING, for the said County, on view of the body of Hester Simpson< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the oath of John Bland< no role > Peter Bown< no role >
John Richardson< no role > Thomas Swell< no role > , Alexander Glass< no role > George Reeves< no role > William Thornton< no role >
Edward Hughes< no role > Thomas Wooley< no role > Thomas Stevens< no role > Solomon Erwood< no role > Edward Wyatt< no role >
William Thompson< no role > James Gosling< no role > Francis Burgess< no role > and Thomas Collins< no role >

good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law required, and who being then and there duly sworn
and charged to enquire for our said Lord the KING, when, how, and by what means the said Hester Simpson< no role >
came to h er Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said Hester Simpson< no role >
on the Twenty Third Day of May in the Year aforesaid being subject to Fits
and being in the Lodging Room or Apartment of her the said Hester Simpson< no role >
situate in the Parish and County aforesaid near to a Fire which was then burning
in the said Room It so happened That she the said Hester Simpson being
suddenly seized with one of the said Fits then and there accidentally, casually
and by Misfortune fell upon the said Fire By Means whereof she the said
Hester Simpson< no role > was then and there Mortally scorch'd and burnt of which said
Mortal Scorching and Burning she the said Hester Simpson< no role > then and there died
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said Hester
Simpson in Manner< no role > and by the Means aforesaid accidentally, casually and by Misfortune Came to her Death
In Witness whereof, as well as the said Coroner, as the said John Bland< 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 and Year first abovementioned

E: Umfreville [mark] Coronr.

John Bland< no role > [mark] Foreman