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 the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County of Middlesex , the Fourth
Day of April in the Fifth 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 William Bold< no role > then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of William Soley< no role > ,
William Towse< no role > , Burt Wade< no role > , Richard Brinkley< no role > , Roger Garbart< no role > , Stephen Kendall< no role > ,
Francis Jerry< no role > , Isaac Morris< no role > , Edward Cook< no role > , Richard Sill< no role > , William Pavey< no role > , William Organer< no role >
Edward Webster< no role > , and David Miles< no role > good & 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 William Bold< no role > came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That
the said William Bold< no role > not having the Fear of God before his Eyes, but moved and Seduced by the
Instigation of the Devil, on the Second day of April in the Year aforesaid, with Force and Arms at
the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid in and upon Himself in the Peace of God and of
our said Sovereign Lord the King then and there being, feloniously wilfully and of his Matice
fore thought did make an Assault; And that the said William Bold< no role > one End of a certain piece of small
Cord of no Value unto a large Wooden Beam in the Hayloft adjoing and belonging to the dwelling
House of Mrs. Ann Booth< no role > by situate in Upper Grosvenor Street 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 William Bold< no role > did then and then instantly die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say, that the said William Bold< no role > in Manner and by the Means aforesaid feloniously
wilfully, and of his Malice forethought, did hill and murder Himself, against the Peace of
our said Lord the King, his Crown and Dignity. And that the said William Bold< no role > at the time
of committing the Felony and Murder aforesaid, had no Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements
within the said Liberty, or elsewhere, to the Knowledge of the said Jurors. In Witness
whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said William Soley< 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, that Day Year and Place first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Wm [..] Foreman