Westminster City and Liberty
in the County of Middlesex }
to wit

An Inquisition Indented and taken at the Parish of St. James within
the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster the Nineteenth day
of August in the thirty fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of
God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so forth and in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven hundred and sixty. Before John Feary< no role > Coroner for our Sovereign Lord
the King for the City and Liberty of Westminster aforesaid. Upon a View of the Body of Elizabeth Blanchard< no role >
then and there lying Dead by the Oaths of Joseph Shaw< no role > , John Ford< no role > , William Froughton< no role > Charles Hodges< no role >
Richard Pinkney< no role > , George Frotsche< no role > , John Bayley< no role > , William Slark< no role > , Thomas Burnbe< no role > Anthony Murphey< no role > ,
James King< no role > , Henry Darley< no role > , Thomas Wilbraham< no role > Thomas Hughes< no role > , and Thomas Moseley< no role >
Good and Lawful Men of the said City and Liberty who being
Sworn and Charged to Enquire for our Sovereign Lord the King how when where and in what manner the said
Elizabeth Blanchard came to her Death, Say upon their Oaths, That on Tuesday the Nineteenth day of this
Instant August the said Elizabeth Blanchard being alone in a certain Room in Burlington House in Piccadilly
in the Parish of St. James within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and not being of Sound Mind Memory and
understanding but Lunatick and Distracted a certain silken Ribband in her hands did take and one part
thereof round her Neck did put and place, and the other part thereof round a Wooden Peg in the said
Room did put round lye and fasten, by means of which putting placing and fastning as aforesaid the said
Elizabeth Blanchard herself did hang and strangle, by means of which hanging and strangling as aforesaid
the said Elizabeth Blanchard then and there instantly Died, And so the said Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oaths aforesaid do say, that the said Elizabeth Blanchard the said nineteenth day of August in the Year
aforesaid in the Liberty and County aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid by her Death came and not
otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid have
to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the day year and at the place abovesaid

Jno. Feary< no role > Coroner

Joseph Shaw< no role > Foreman