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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty eighth day of July 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
Eleanor Tomkins< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Walter Tyrrell< no role > ,
Isaac Bunton< no role > , Samuel Jordon< no role > , Miles Wells< no role > , John Keath< no role > , John Hudson< no role > , Charles Forward< no role > ,
Robert Parker< no role > , John Dunford< no role > , John Champling< no role > , James Lawford< no role > , and Hugh Payne< 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 Eleanor Tomkins< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Eleanor Tomkins on the Twenty Seventh
day of July in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid to wit
at a certain Place there called George and Plough Yard being much intoxicated with Liquor
it so happened that accidentally casually and by Misfortune she the said Eleanor Tomkins< no role > by
reason and means of such intoxication was then and there choaked suffocated and strangled
of which said Choaking suffocation and Strangling she the said Eleanor Tomkins< no role > then and
there Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Eleanor Tomkins< no role > in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally causally and by
Misfortune came to her Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the
Said Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of
the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at
the Place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Walter TyrrellForeman