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 Sixth day of December 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
Elizabeth Eastman< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of George
Collard< no role > , James Baker< no role > , John Saunders< no role > , Jonathan Wells< no role > , Thomas Dougal< no role > , Harris
Flint< no role > , Richard James< no role > , Benjamin Shutt< no role > , John Cordy< no role > , Thomas Parr< no role > John
Forbes< no role > , John Gooch< no role > , Thomas Mobb< no role > , William Metcalfe< no role > , John Drew< no role >
and Joseph Smith< 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 Elizabeth Eastman came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Elizabeth Eastman, not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
on the Fourth day of December in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and
in the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of small
Cord, unto a Wooden Rail over the Door in the Lodging room or Apartment
of her the said Elizabeth Eastman, in the Dwelling House of Samuel Russ< no role > ,
situate and being in Crown Court 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
Elizabeth Eastman then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Elizabeth Eastman,
not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick
and distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did Kill herself.
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said George
Collard< 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

Geo: Collard< no role > Foreman