<div1 type="CW_ICpage" id="WACWIC65218IC652180449"> <xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="WACWIC652180449"></xptr>
<p n="1272"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1422">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westminster</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1422" type="placeName" value="City and Libertyof Westminster"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1422" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1423">County of <lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1423" type="placeName" value="County of Middlesex"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1423" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
.}<lb></lb>
to wit. </note>
</p>
<p n="1273"> An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1424">Parish of St. John the Evangelist</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1424" type="placeName" value="Parish of St. John the Evangelist"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1424" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1425">Westminster</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1425" type="placeName" value="Westminster"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1425" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
,<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65218_geo1426">County of Middlesex</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1426" type="placeName" value="County of Middlesex"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_geo1426" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, the <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65218_date56">Tenth day of November</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_date56" type="date" value="17781110"></interp>
in the Nineteenth Year<lb></lb>
of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, <lb></lb>
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-1">Thomas Prickard</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-1" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-1" type="surname" value="Prickard"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, Gentleman,<lb></lb>
Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-2">James Jefferys</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-2" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-2" type="surname" value="Jefferys"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-23">Robert<lb></lb>
Balfour</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-23" type="given" value="Robert"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-23" type="surname" value="Balfour"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-23" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-3">George Bailey</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-3" type="given" value="George"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-3" type="surname" value="Bailey"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-4">William Salter</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-4" type="given" value="William"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-4" type="surname" value="Salter"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-5">William Bacon</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-5" type="given" value="William"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-5" type="surname" value="Bacon"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-5" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-24">Henry Twichell</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-24" type="given" value="Henry"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-24" type="surname" value="Twichell"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-24" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-6">James Tomlin</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-6" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-6" type="surname" value="Tomlin"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-6" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-7">John Unthank</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-7" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-7" type="surname" value="Unthank"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-7" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-8">Joseph Carron</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-8" type="given" value="Joseph"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-8" type="surname" value="Carron"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-8" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-9">John Brown</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-9" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-9" type="surname" value="Brown"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-9" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-10">John Edwards</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-10" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-10" type="surname" value="Edwards"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-10" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-29">James Conybear</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-29" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-29" type="surname" value="Conybear"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-29" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-11">Thomas Smith</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-11" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-11" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-11" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-30">Noel Topham</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-30" type="given" value="Noel"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-30" type="surname" value="Topham"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-30" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-12">Charles Burg</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-12" type="given" value="Charles"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-12" type="surname" value="Burg"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-12" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-13">John Brough</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-13" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-13" type="surname" value="Brough"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-13" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-14">John White</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-14" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-14" type="surname" value="White"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-14" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-15">Sayes Beaumont</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-15" type="given" value="Sayes"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-15" type="surname" value="Beaumont"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-15" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
& <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-16">John Vallar</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-16" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-16" type="surname" value="Vallar"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-16" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly<lb></lb>
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the <lb></lb>
King, when, how, and by what Means the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-17">James Jefferys</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-17" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-17" type="surname" value="Jefferys"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-17" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
came to<lb></lb>
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-18">James Jefferys</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-18" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-18" type="surname" value="Jefferys"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-18" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
not being<lb></lb>
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and <lb></lb>
distracted on the Ninth day of November in the Year aforesaid<lb></lb>
at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County<lb></lb>
aforesaid, one End of a Certain piece of small Cord unto a<lb></lb>
Wooden Shelf in the Lodging Room of him the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-19">James<lb></lb>
Jefferys</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-19" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-19" type="surname" value="Jefferys"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-19" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
in the Dwelling House of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-20">Elizabeth Rogers</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-20" type="given" value="Elizabeth"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-20" type="surname" value="Rogers"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-20" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
there situate<lb></lb>
and the other End thereof about his own Neck did fix, tye, and <lb></lb>
fasten, and therewith did<obscured></obscured>
and there hang Suffocate and<lb></lb>
strangle himself, of which<obscured></obscured>
aid Hanging suffocation and<lb></lb>
strangling he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-21">James Jefferys</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-21" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-21" type="surname" value="Jefferys"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-21" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
then and there died.<lb></lb>
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do<lb></lb>
say that the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1273-22">James Jefferys</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-22" type="given" value="James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-22" type="surname" value="Jefferys"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1273-22" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
in manner and by the<lb></lb>
Means aforesaid, not being of sound Mind Memory and <lb></lb>
Understanding but lunatick and distracted, did Kill<lb></lb>
himself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner<lb></lb>
as the said Robert Balfour Foreman of the said Jurors, on <lb></lb>
the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their<lb></lb>
presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals<lb></lb>
the Day Year and Place abovementioned</p>
<p n="1274"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65218_n1274-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1274-1" type="given" value="Tho"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1274-1" type="surname" value="Prickard"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_n1274-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65218_occ400">Coroner</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65218_occ400" type="occupation" value="Coroner"></interp>
</p>
<p n="1275">Robt Balfour<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Foreman</p>
</div1>

View as Text