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 St. James
Within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Third day of October in the Eleventh 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 Waddell< no role > Esquire then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of James
Filewood< no role > , Samuel Freeman< no role > , Henry Hunt< no role > , Thomas Pickles< no role > , William Caddacks< no role > , John
Braser< no role > , Clement Edus< no role > , Thomas Thomas< no role > , William Painter< no role > Thomas Newsbury< no role >
Nathaniel Beetham< no role > and William Snow< 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 John Waddell< no role > came to
his Death,do upon their Oath say That the said John Waddell< no role > , not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding, but Lunatick and distracted, on the
Second day of October in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the
Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain Sword Bett unto the
Wooden Rail of the Bed in the Lodging Room or Apartment of him the said
John Waddell< no role > in the Dwelling House of John Hogarth< no role > Situate and being
in Vigs Lane in the said Parish Liberty and County and the other End
thereof about his own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did
then and there hang Suffocate and strangle himself, of which said
Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the said John Waddell< no role > then
and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, that the said John Waddell< 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 James Filewood< 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.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

James Filewood< no role > Foreman