Middlesex ,
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An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the KING at the Dwelling House of Mr. Bird the Sign of the Angel Mary le
Bone Lane in the County Middlesex , the Twenty third. Day of May in the 25 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 > Esquire one of the Coroners of our said Lord
the KING, for the said County, on veiw of the body Thomas Baker< no role >
then and there lying dead upon the Oath of James Birrell< no role > , William Burrows< no role >
William Davies< no role > , John Price< no role > , George Vasey< no role > , Edward Jones< no role > , Samuel Bearcroft< no role > , Abraham Emer James< no role >
Lyons, Edward Church< no role > , Edmund James< no role > , John Edmondson< no role > , John Field< no role > and Allen Burton< 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 Thomas Baker< no role >
came to h is Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Baker< no role > not being
of sound mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted on the Twentieth day of May in the Year aforesaid
at the Parish and in the County aforesaid in his Dwelling House there Situate with a Certain Razor made of Iron and Steel
of the Value of Two pence which he the said Thomas Baker< no role > then and there had and held in his right hand the Throat of him
the said Thomas Baker< no role > did then and there Strike Slabb and Penetrate thereby then and there giving unto himself so being
Lunatic and distracted as aforesaid with the Razor aforesaid in and upon the Throat of him the said Thomas Baker< no role >
one Mortal Wound of the length of three Inches and of the Depth of one Inch of which said Mortal Wound he the said
Thomas Baker< no role > then and there Instantly died and the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Thomas
Baker not being of sound Mind and memory and Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted in manner and by the means
aforesaid did Kill himself

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said, James Birrell< 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.
James Birrell [mark] Foreman