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 James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Fifteenth day of February in the Tenth 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
John Diamond< no role > then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of Peter Wirgman< no role > ,
John Bland< no role > , John Ford< no role > John Danbins< no role > , William Perkins< no role > , Richard Handey< no role > , thomas Prescot< no role > , John
James< no role > , James Lee< no role > , Lewis Dupree< no role > , Joseph Lovett< no role > , John Hutchinson< no role > , John
Thompson< no role > and John March< no role > good and Lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly
chosen, who being then and there duty Sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said John Diamond< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Diamond< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the
Fourteenth day of February in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of Cord
unto an Iron Staple fastened in to the beiling in the Stable of John Howell< no role >
Esquire situate and being in the said Parish Liberty and County, and the
other End thereof about his own Neck did fix tye, and faster, and there with
did then and there hang suffocate and strangle himself, of which said
Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the Said John Diamond< no role > then and
there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say,
that the said John Diamond< no role > , 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 Peter Wirgman< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors, on the
behalf of Himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have
to this Inquisition set their Hands, and Seals the Day Year and
Place first above written

Thos. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner .

Peter Wirgman< no role > [mark] Foreman