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 Saint 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 Twenty fifth day of June in the Eighth 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
Frederick Pastroff< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John
Madders< no role > , Joseph Cantrell< no role > , Charles Alton< no role > , Robert Willerton< no role > , Joseph Eyre< no role > ,
Miles Rawlinson< no role > , Robert Webb< no role > , William Gibson< no role > Gwynn Robert
Spenser< no role > , George Clemson< no role > James Irwin< no role > Richard Franklin< no role > , and
John Goundry< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Frederick Pastroff< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Frederick Pastroff not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on
the said Twenty fifth day of June in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and
in the Liberty and County aforesaid, a certain Pistol charged with Gun powder
and a leaden Bullet, which he the said Frederick Pastroff then and there
had and held in his right Hand, to and against the left Breast of him
the said Frederick Pastroff< no role > did then and there shoot off and discharge
by Means whereof he the said Frederick Pastroff< no role > did then and there give
unto himself, with the leaden Bullet aforesaid, so discharged and shot
out of the Pistol aforesaid, by the force of the Gunpowder aforesaid, in
and upon the left Breast of him the said Frederick Pastroff< no role > one mortal
Wound; of which said mortal Wound he the said Frederick Pastroff then
and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, that the said Frederick Pastroff, not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, in
Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness
whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said John Madders< no role > Foreman of
the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of this Fellows, in
their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
Year and Place first above written

Tho. Prichard< no role > Coroner

John Madders Foreman