City and Liberty of
Westmr. in the County
of Middlesex

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Informations taken this Twenty fifth day of of June
1766 of the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields within the
Liberty of Westmr. in the County of Middlesex on an Inquisition
touching the Death of Joseph Burgaine< no role > lying Dead in
the said Parish Liberty and County.

Thomas Ansell< no role > of Long Acre in the Parish of St. Martin in
the Fields within the Liberty of Westmr. Haberdasher on his Oath
Saith, That Joseph Burgaine< no role > the Deced has been a Lodger in
one of the Garrets in Depts. House for about six week last past,
Says that he saw the Deced go out East Sunday Morning, That
being at Dinner yesterday between the hours of one & two
in the Afternoon, Dept. saw Sarah Burgaine< no role > Wife to the Deced
come into the House and immediately go up Stairs, Says that
he heard said Sarah knock, and several times call Joseph
Says that in about a Quarter of an hom said Sarah come
down Stairs and told Dept. that the found the Door of her Room
looked, that she called to him, and had no Answer, and that she
had looked thro' the Key hole, but could not see her Husband on
the Bed, Upon which this Dept. and William Norton< no role > another
Lodges went up Stairs, Says that he found the Deced's room
Door locked and the Key in the Lock on the inside of the Door,
Says that said William Norton< no role > with a Chesil forced open the Door
and went into the Room, and this Dept. immediately followed
and afterwards Sarah Burgaine, Says that he than saw the
Deced hanging behind the Door in a Corner of the Room, with
a Silk Handkerchief fastened about his Neck, and over the
top of a Chair, the Deced's knees being very near the Floor, Says
that he lift up the Deced and said Mr. Norton with the Chesil
cut the Handkerchief by which the Deced was hanging, Says
that the Deced's, hands were then cold that Mr. Rayn a Surgeon
was fetched who bled the Deced inbled the Decedboth Arms, but
the Deced bled very little, and Mr. Rayn said that the Deced was
a Dead Man, and Dept. observed no Signs of Life in him and
Dept. believes that the Deced housed himself Says that the
Deced appeared to be a Sober Man, and kept good hours, but
always very serious,

Thos. Ansell< no role >