City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1766 - 29th December 1766

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Image 53 of 68627th January 1766


City Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex }


Informations taken this Twenty seventh day of
January 1766 at the Parish of St. Margaret within [..]
City and Liberty of Westminster in the County of
Middlesex on an Inquisition touching the Death
of Ann Fitsall< no role > lying Dead in the said Parish
City Liberty and County.

Thomas Land< no role > an Chairman in one of Lady Dacre's Almshery
in the Parish of St Margaret Westmr. on his Oath saith that on
Saturday last about six o'Clock in the Evening Deponent were
to ask the Deced (who was in one of said Almshouses) how [..]
was, Says that he opened the Door of Deceds House (which
was only latched) and found Deced's Room so full of S [..]
that he could see no [..] any Body in the Room says that he immedi-
ately called Mrs. Okey a Neighbour who opened the Window
but the Room was quite dark Says that some Fireman soon
after came there who throwed several Pails of Water into the Room, Says that
Ann Fitsall< no role > Daughter to Deced came in, and found the Deced
in the Room, and that one of the Men brought Deced out in a Chair [..]
says that the Deced was burnt very much and than D [..]
as Dept. believes, her Cloathes being likewise all burnt,
And this Dept. says that the Deced was very old and weak
and unable to move out of a Chair herself.

The Mark of
[mark]
Thomas Land< no role >

Sworn the Day Year & Place
abovementioned before me
Thos. Prichard< no role > Coroner .}




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