City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1763 - 30th December 1763

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Image 179 of 44110th June 1763


City and Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middlesex }
to Wit.


An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Parish of Saint Jameswithin the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the
Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster , in the County of Middlesex , the tenth day of June
in the 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 Prickard< no role >
Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
Tobias Ewbank< no role > then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of Jenkins Howard< no role > , Gilbert
Eglesone
< no role > , Edward Gosling< no role > , Henry Stockdale< no role > , John Willdoughby< no role > , Samuel Hants< no role > , Thomas Caigow< no role >
Benjamin Gilbert< no role > , Henry Randall< no role > , Joseph Corin< no role > , James Ford< no role > , George Mure< no role > , Robert Hunter< no role >
Nathaniel Whitcomb< no role > , Alexander Gillispey< no role > , John Cordey< no role > , Joseph Williams< no role > , James Struger< no role > and William Sloane< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, 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 Tobias
Ewbank
< no role > came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Tobias Ewbank< no role > not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatic and distracted, on the Ninth day of June in the
Year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain
piece of small Cord unto a Wooden Ledge or Supporter in a Closet in the Lodging Room or Apartment
of him the said Tobias Ewbank in the Dwelling House of John Beake< no role > situate and being in a certain
Place or Street called Oxford Road in the said Parish Liberty and County, and the other End thereof
about his own Neck, did fix, tye, and fasten, and therewith did then and there Hang, suffocate and
Strangle himself, Of which said Hanging, Suffocation and Strangling, He the said Tobias
Ewbank
< no role > then and there died. And as the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say,
that the said Tobias Ewbank, 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 Tobias Ewbank Foreman of the said Jurors, on the 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 above written

Thos Prickard< no role > Coroner .

Jenkin Howard< no role > Foreman




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