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 Twenty Seventh day of November in the Twelfth 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
Margaret Reeves< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of James
Nicolson< no role > , Joseph Richards< no role > Clement Eadys< no role > , William Bourdillon< no role > , William
Mumby< no role > , Henry Hunt< no role > , John Osborn< no role > , Charles Brunsden< no role > , John Hamshaw< no role > ,
Joseph Balaam< no role > , Alexander Morrison< no role > , William Williams< no role > , Nicholas
Phillipson< no role > and Richard Ash< 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 Margaret Reeves< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Margaret Reeves< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on
the Twenty sixth day of November in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and
in the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of small
Cord unto an Iron Stable fastened into the Ceiling in a Closet adjoining
to the Kitchen in the dwelling House of Charles Marsh< no role > situate and
being in the said Parish Liberty and County, and the other End thereof
about her own Neck, did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then
and there Hang, Suffocate, and Strangle herself, of which said Hanging
Suffocation and Strangling; she the said Margaret Reeves< no role > then and
there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
say, That the said Margaret Reeves< no role > , not being of sound Mind Memory
and Understanding, but lunatic and distracted, in Manner and by
the Means aforesaid, did Kill herself. In Witness whereof as
well the said Coroner, as the said James Nicolson 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 > [mark] Coroner

James Nicolson< no role > [mark] Foreman