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 Twenty first 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 Body of
Jane Hall< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John Atkinson< no role >
John Panton< no role > , John Mc. Intosh< no role > , Philip Myers< no role > , John Pyke< no role > , William Tomlinson< no role >
Anthoney Parguot< no role > , Thomas Allerson< no role > , John Jacobs< no role > , William Price< no role > , James Mobes< no role > Caleb Smith< no role >
Richard Ingram< no role > and Henry Wells< no role > good and Lawfull 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 Jane Hall< no role > came to
h er Death, dop upon their Oath say That the said Jane Hall< no role > being of the Age of seventy
Years, and weak and infirm in Body , on the Twentieth day of March in the
Year aforesaid, being in her Room of Apartment in the Dwelling House of
John Nimms< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. situate in South Street in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
and County aforesaid and then and there sitting in an Elbow Chair near the
Fireside, It so happened that a large Linnen Hand Kerchief which she the
said Jane Hall< no role > then and there wore around her Neck, Accidentally
casually and by Misfortune took Fire, by reason wherof and from the
Smoke and Flame arising from the said Fire, she the said Jane Hall< no role > was
then and there Suffocated and Burnt, of which said Suffocation and Burning
she the said Jane Hall< no role > then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Jane Hall< no role > , in the Manner and by the
Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to her Death,
and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as
the said John Atkinson< 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 .

John Atkinson< no role > [mark] Foreman