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 St. George Hanover Square , within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter
of Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County of Middlesex , the Fourteenth
day of September, in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third
by 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 Elizabeth Every< no role > then and there lying Dead, upon
the Oath of James Moody< no role > , James Drinkwater< no role > , William Read< no role > , John Mullins< no role > , Thomas
Greening< no role > , Solomon Roads< no role > , Samuel Floyd< no role > , John Nuthall< no role > , John Barlow< no role > , James Baker< no role > ,
Charles Brier< no role > , and Thomas Eyres< no role > , good and lawfull 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 Elizabeth Every< no role > came to her Death, do upon their
Oath say, That the said Elizabeth Every< no role > not being of sound Mind, Memory, and Understanding
but lunatick and distracted, on the thirteenth day of September in the Year aforesaid,
into the River or Stream in Hyde Park , in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
County aforesaid, did cast and throw herself, by Means of which said Casting and Throwing
she the said Elizabeth Every< no role > , in the Waters of the said River, was then and there Suffocated
and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowing she the said Elizabeth Every< no role > then
and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do
say, that the said Elizabeth Every< no role > , not being of sound Mind, Memory, and Understanding,
but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did drown and
kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said James
Moody< no role > 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
Year and Place first above written

Tho Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
James Moody< no role > [mark] Fore Man