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 First day of December in the Thirteenth 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
Ann Norris< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Samuel
Thorpe< no role > , John Carter< no role > , Richard Pollard< no role > , James Henderson< no role > , James Randall< no role > ,
Charles Steward< no role > , Thomas Pether< no role > , Thomas French< no role > , John Fairbaird< no role > , James Hartley< no role >
William Carpenter< no role > , George Adams< no role > , Adam Corb< no role > , Edward Griffin< no role > , Edward Jones< no role > ,
Thomas Mathews< no role > , and John Jones< 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 Ann Norris< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Ann Norris< no role > not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted on the
Twenty ninth day of November in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and
in the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain Linen
Handkerchief unto an Iron Bar over the Door of a certain lower Room
in the Workhouse of the said Parish within the Liberty and County aforesaid,
and the other End thereof about her own Neck did fix tye and fasten,
and there with did then and there hang suffocate and strangle
herself of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the
said Ann Norris< no role > then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say, That the said Ann Norris< 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 Samuel Thorpe< 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

Samuel ThorpeForeman