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 Anne
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Ninth day of March 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 Bodys of
Mary Martin< no role > the Elder, Mary martin< no role > the Younger & Frances Salmon< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Charles Swindon< no role >
Thomas Reddish< no role > , Thomas Chertlin< no role > , Thomas Goodwin< no role > , THomas Ralph< no role > , James Empson< no role > , James
Marshall< no role > , Thomas Lewis< no role > , William Skiven< no role > , Edward Hodgson< no role > , Edward Hammon< no role > , William
Stead< no role > , Robert Hogg< no role > , William Winklin< no role > & Wm. Adams< 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 Mary Martin< no role > , Mary Martin< no role > & Frances Salmon, came to
their Death, do upon their oath say, That on the Eighth day of March in the Year
aforesaid, in the Night time, th dwelling House of Catherine band situate
in Queen Street in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
aforesaid Casually and by misfortune took Five and was burnt down, And
that the said Mary Martin< no role > the Elder, Mary Martin< no role > the Younger, and Frances
Salmon< no role > being Lodges to the said Catherine Band, and then being in the said
House so buret down, It so happened that the said Mary Martin< no role > the Elder
Mary Martin< no role > the Younger and Frances Salmon< no role > , were then and there
Accidentally Casually and by misfortune in the Flames in the said House
severally Suffocated and Burnt, of which said Suffocation and Burning they
Salmon then and there severally died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Mary Martin< no role > the Elder Mary Martin< no role >
the Younger and Frances Salmon< no role > , in Manner and by the Means aforesaid,
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came severally to their Death, and
not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said Charles
Swindon 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 > Coroner .

Chas. Swindon< no role > Foreman