MIDDLESEX .
(To wit.)}

AN INQUISITION Indented, Taken for our Sovereign Lord the King, at the Parish
of Saint Paul Shadwell in the County of
Middlesex , the Twenty sixth Day of September in the Twenty First 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 Phillips< no role >
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of
Simon Olson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Joseph Cunningham< no role > Isaac Pring< no role > This name instance is in set 00. John Wittington< no role > Samuel Kenidge Christane Awe< no role > James Pownceby< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
Peter Wallis< no role > James Mingay< no role > Thomas James< no role > William Willis< no role > Thomas Cannon< no role > David Nightingale< no role > and
George Kitchen< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
said Simon Olson< no role > came to his
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That The said Simon Olson< no role > not being of sound
Mind Memory and understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the Twenty third
Day of September in the Year aforesaid himself out of a Two Pair of Stairs Window
in the House of Elizabeth Edmondson< no role > Situate in the Parish and County aforesaid to
and upon the Ground did last and throw By means whereof he the said Simon Olson< no role >
did then and there receive divers Mortal Bruises in and upon the Head and Body of
him the said Simon Olson< no role > of which said mortal Bruises he the said Simon Olson< no role >
fromat the Parish and County aforesaid And also at the Parish of Saint Mary Matfellon
otherwise White Chapell in the County aforesaid to Wit in the London Hospital there
situate Did Languish and Languishing did Live for the Space of seven Hours [..] and then died And
so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do Say That the said Simon Olson< no role >
not being of sound Mind 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 Joseph Cuningham< no role >
the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
above written.

Thos. Phillips< no role > [mark] Coroner

Joseph Cuningham [mark] Foreman