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 Fifth 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
Mary Donovan< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Benjamin
Cole< no role > , Thomas Windle< no role > , John Lomax< no role > , William Ward< no role > , Bowden Brookes< no role > ,
William Harvey< no role > , Peter Freeman< no role > , John Fletcher< no role > , James Mackenzie< no role > , James
Suddenwood< no role > , James Maylard< no role > , Joseph Atkins< no role > , Lewis Aubin< no role > , John Blunt< no role >
George Davis< no role > and John Bruce< 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 Donovan< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Mary Donovan< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted
on the said Fifth day of December in the Year aforesaid at the Parish
and in the Liberty and County aforesaid, on End of a certain piece
of small Cord unto an Iron Hook Screwed into the Wooden frame
of the Kitchen Door in the dwelling House of Charles Weideman< no role > situate
in Angel 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 Mary Donovan< no role >
then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, that the said Mary Donovan< 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
Benjamin Cole< 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

Benj Cole< no role > Foreman