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 Twentieth day of April 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
Arabella Wilson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of William
Goodenough< no role > , John Fenton< no role > , William Longley< no role > , John Kinlock< no role > , Richard Nichols< no role > , John
Petson< no role > , Edward Griffin< no role > , James Baker< no role > , Charles Trinquard< no role > , James Watson< no role > , John Poole< no role > ,
William Christie< no role > , Thomas Trobe< no role > , Roger Meed< no role > , William Stark< no role > , John Milbourn< no role > , David
Bynon< no role > , and David Lauder< 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 Arabella Wilson< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Arabella Wilson< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, on the
Eighteenth day of April in the Year aforesaid, one End of a certain piece
of Linnen Tape unto a Brass Hook fastened into the Wainscot in the
Lodging Room or Apartment of her the said Arabella Wilson< no role > , in the
Dwelling House of Samuel Gunnell< no role > situate and being in Cambridge Street
in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, 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 Arabella Wilson< no role > then
and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, that the said Arabella Wilson< no role > , 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 William Goodenough< 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 > [mark] Coroner
Wm: Goodenough< no role > [mark] Foreman