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 George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Eighth day of April in the Fifteenth 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
Thomas Heath< no role > Esquire then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of James
Showell< no role > , Caleb, Atkinson< no role > , John Duckett< no role > , Nathaniel Moore< no role > , Thomas, Webb< no role > ,
Richard Garrett< no role > , James Eade< no role > , John Dwerry house< no role > , John Sutton< no role > , John
Beard more< no role > George Ragsdale< no role > , Richard Raithby< no role > , John Monday< no role > , James Crosby< no role > .
John Surby< no role > , Jasper Smith< no role > and William Bolton< 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 Thomas Heath< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Heath< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, on the
Seventh day of April in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty
and County aforesaid, in the Dwelling House of John Bolton< no role > there situate
with a certain Razor made of Iron and Steel which he the said Thomas
Heath< no role > then and there had and held in his Right Hand, the Throat
or Gullet of him the said Thomas Heath< no role > did then and there strike stab
and penetrate; thereby then and there giving unto himself the
said Thomas Heath< no role > with the Razor aforesaid in and [..] did the Th [..]
or Gullet of him the said Thomas one mortal Wound of the
Length of three Inches and of the Depth of one Inches of which said
Mortal Wound he the said Thomas Heath< no role > then and there instantly
died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say,
that the said Thomas Heath< no role > , not being of sound Min Memory and
Understanding, but lunatick and distracted in Manner and by the
Means aforesaid did kill and himself. In Witness where of as
well the said Coroner, as the said James Showell< 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

James Showell< no role > [mark] Foreman