City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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2nd January 1767 - 30th December 1767

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Image 480 of 72310th August 1767


City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Tenth
day of August 1767 at the Parish of St
Mary le Strand within the Liberty of the
Westmr. in the County of Middlesex on an
Inquisition touching the Death of William
Bromley
< no role > lying dead in the said Parish
Liberty and County

Elizabeth Fox< no role > Servant to Mary Pettit< no role > at the Coach
and Horses in the Stand in the Parish of St. Mary le Strand
Westmr on her Oath saith, That William Bromley< no role > the Deced
has lodged with Mrs. Pettit about two Years Says that he
has been ill for some time and Particularly for a Month last
past, Says that she went into the Deceds room on the
on Saturday last about two o'Clock in the Afternoon
First Floor, the Deced being in Bed, who Desired Dept
to reach him his Case with Rasors, and said that he
was to give one of them to Mr. Dunkley Says that she
gave him the Case & Rasors, and that the Deced soon after
gave her th Case again which she put again upon
the shelf, but did not see the Deced take any Resor out
Says that in about half an hour this Dept. [..] nt again
into Deced's Room, and observed that the Pillow under
Deceds Head and the upper street to be Bloody, and
that the Deced held a Handkerchief (as Dept. believes)
to his face, upon which Depot. asked Deced what was
the matter to which ha anst. nothing, and upon her
asking him if he had east himself, Deced said that he
had not and says that the Deced their looked very with
and distracted and that she several Rasor half open upon the Deced's Pillow says that she went down stairs and
acquainted Rosed Enc [..] there with, And says that she
believes the Deced gave himself the wound in the Throat

The Mark of
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Elizabeth Fox< no role >




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