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 George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty Sixth day of February 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
Mary Sarjeant< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of James
Filewood< no role > , Mark Gano< no role > , William Martin< no role > , Thomas Richards< no role > , Henry Roberts< no role > ,
Cornelius Coglan< no role > , John Shinn< no role > , William Gibbs< no role > , Thomas Ball< no role > , Edward Barnes< no role > ,
John Friday< no role > and William Baker< 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 Mary Sarjeant came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Mary Sarjeant, not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, on the
Twenty fifth day of February in the Year aforesaid, into the River near
unto Chelsea Bridge in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
aforesaid did cast and throw herself, by Means of which said casting
and throwing she the said Mary Sarjeant, in the Waters of the said River
was then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation
and Drowning she the said Mary Sarjeant then and there died
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, That
the said Mary Sarjeant not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by
the Means aforesaid did drown and Kill herself. 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