City & Liberty of Westmr .
in the County of Midsex }

Informations taken this 21st. day of Sept.
1772 at the Parish of St. James within the Liberty
of Westmr . in the County of Middlesex upon an
Inquisition touching the death of Mary Filewood< no role >
lying dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.

Roger Filewood< no role > living with his Brother James Filewood< no role >
in Picadilly in the Parish of St. James Westmr. on his
Oath saith, That Mary Filewood< no role > the Deced came to Town
Yesterday about one o'Clock with her Mother Mickleham in Surry
where her Brother the Revd. Mr Filewood lives, Says that
the Deced looked Meloncholy, Eat very little, and did
not care to speak, Says that the Deced slept in the
Foreroom two pair of Stairs and that he lay in the
Room over her three pair of Stairs, Says that about Seven
oClock this Morning this Dept. was getting up when
he heard Mrs. Filewood (Mother to the Deced) sereamond
below Stairs, upon which Dept. put on some of his Cloaths and
went into Deced's Room, where he saw Mrs. Filewood
endeavouring to life up the Deced from off the Floor
upon the Bad, Says that he assisted Mrs. Filewood
who was calling out for Mrs. Filewood, That he thousand
a piece of small Cord fastened to the Iron Curtain Red
at the Feet of the Bad, and another piece upon the
Floor which appeared to have been part of the same Cord
andlikewisethe Deced being dead, the not quite Cole
Dept. then thought as now believes that the Deced Hanged herself there
Says that the Deced for three or four Months last
past has been Melancholy and low Spirited & particularly & Yesterday that she
complained of a pair in her Head, and believes that she
might at times be Disordered in her Senses.

Roger Filewood< no role >