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 St. John the Evangelist
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Tenth day of November in the Nineteenth 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
James Jefferys< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Robert
Balfour< no role > , George Bailey< no role > , William Salter< no role > , William Bacon< no role > Henry Twichell< no role >
James Tomlin< no role > , John Unthank< no role > Joseph Carron< no role > , John Brown< no role > John Edwards< no role >
James Conybear< no role > , Thomas Smith< no role > Noel Topham< no role > , Charles Burg< no role > John Brough< no role >
John White< no role > Sayes Beaumont< no role > & John Vallar< 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 Mean the said James Jefferys< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said James Jefferys< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
distracted on the Ninth day of November in the Year aforesaid
at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
aforesaid, one End of a Certain Piece of small Cord unto a
Wooden Shelf in the Lodging Room of him the said James
Jefferys< no role > in the Dwelling House of Elizabeth Rogers< no role > there situate
and the other End thereof about hie own Neck did fix, tye, and
fasten, and therewith did [..] and there hang Suffocated and
strangle himself, of which [..] aid Hanging suffocation and
Strangling he the said James Jefferys< no role > then and there died
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
say that the said James Jefferys< no role > in manner and by the
Means aforesaid, not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding but lunatick and distraced, did Kill
himself, In Witness Where of as well the said Coroner
as the said Robert Balfour Foreman of the said Jurors, on
the behalf of himself an the rest of his said Fellows, in their
Presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
the Day Year and Place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Robt Balfour Foreman