about half hour after Ten Dept. being Bottling
some Beer below Stairs heard a Noise but
could not there say whether it was above Stairs
or out of Doors and seeing nothing Dept
continued his Work Says that about half
after Eleven O'Clock Sarah Peplow who now
lives in the House came to Dept saying that
she saw Blood upon the Stairs and asked
Dept. if Mr Cuttle had cut himself says that
he went there and saw Blood at the bottom
of the Stairs and some Deops of Blood upon the
Stairs up to Deced's Room, and not seeans the
Deced there Dept. came down and traced the
Blood through the Garden to the Wall by the
Thames side and save the Impression of a Man's
foot in the Mud upon the old Stairs on the outside
of the Wall and Dept. believes that the Deced
got over there into the Thomas Says that the
Dutchess's Steward soon after came home and
went up with Dept into the Deced's Room and
there found a pistol upon a Chair that had been
Discharged and another loaded Pistol upon the Floor
and some Blood upon the Floor the Room smelling
of Gun powder when Dept. first went into it
Says that there was a Letter found upon the Table
in Deceds room Sealed up and addressed to her grace
the Dutchess of Portland in Deced's hand writing
as Dept thinks Says that the Deced Yesterday
Morning about Seven O'Clock asked Dept for a
Pen Juk Paper and between Eight & Nine o Clock
Deced brought to Dept the Letter now produced
by him addressed to Mr Stephen [..] of Handley
in Yourkshire Sealed upSays that he was
informed that the Deced was found soon after
in the River Thames Drowned and believes that
the Deced threw himself into the River Says

that the Deced on Tuesday Night last appear
to be Melancholy and low Spirited

William Mann< no role >

Sarah Peplow< no role > or Servant to Mrs Philpot at the
Dutchess of Portland's on her Oath saith That
she yesterday saw Blood upon the Stands and
acquainted the Porter there with that they sa [..]
some Blood upon the Stairs upto Deced's Room
which smelt much of Gunpowder That they
traced the Blood through the Garden to the [..]
of the Thomes, and the Print of a Man's foot on
the Mad upon the old Stone Stairs to the Thames
and believes that the Deced went him self in
the Thames And this Dept says that she observe
the Deced appeared to be low spirited and Confusion
and was along time before he made any [..]
when spoke & on Tuesday Night, That he was
so yesterday Morning & looked wild and Dept
believes that he then was Disordered in his Mind [..]

Sarah [..]

Severally Sworn the Day
Year and Place above
mentioned before me
Tho Prickard< no role > Coroner }