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 Seventh day of December 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
Elizabeth Brook< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Robert
Watson< no role > , William Pilmore< no role > , Thomas Hook< no role > , James Lloyd< no role > , John Tomlinson< no role > , George
Dawson< no role > , William Miles< no role > , Abraham Apleton< no role > , Benjamin Thomas< no role > , Harry
Lender< no role > William Potter< no role > and James Lloyd< 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 Elizabeth Brook< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Elizabeth Brook< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick
and distracted, on the Sixth day of December in the Year
aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of Small Cord unto the Key
in the Lock of the Doors of the Lodging Room or Apartment
of her the said Elizabeth Brook< no role > in the Dwelling House of
Sarah Dunbabin situate in Peter Street in the said Parish
Liberty and County and the other End thereof about her
own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then and
there hang suffocate and Strangle herself, of which said
Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the said Elizabeth
Brook< no role > then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Elizabeth Brook< no role >
not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but
Lunatick and distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
did kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner, as the said Robert Watson< no role > Foreman of the said
Jurors, on the behalf of himself and 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 > [mark] Coroner

Robt Watson< no role >
Foreman [mark] }