MIDDLESEX .
(To wit.)}

AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
of Saint Mathew Bethnall Green in the County of
Middlesex , the Tenth Day of February in the Twenty third 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, in View of the Body of
Mary Stratford< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Frances Chansar Junior, Thomas Reynolds< no role > , Francis Chansar Senior, John Merceron< no role >
Peter Lerriche< no role > Michael Borton< no role > , William Greenwood< no role > , John Andriew, John Ground
Henry Rob< no role > [..] , John Desert, James Simon< no role > abe, Thomas Baker< no role > John Knight< no role > , Thomas
Harris, John Lloyd< no role > , Samuel Sodo, William Hebert< no role > and Thomas B [..] fost
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 Mary Stratford< no role > came to her
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That on the Eighth day of February in the year
aforesaid the said Mary Stratford< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding but Lunatic and Distracted herself into a certain Pond of
Water Situate in a Field called Potters Field in the Parish and County
aforesaid did last and Throne and was in the Waters thereof then and there Suffocated
and Drowned Of which said Suffocation and Drowning She the said
Mary Stratford< no role > then and there Died and so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid Do say that the said Mary Stratford< no role > in
manner and by the means aforesaid Accidentally casually and
by Misfortune came to her Death

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Francis Chansae< 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

Francis Chansae Junr [mark] Foreman