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 Anne
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty first day of January 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
Samuel Hatton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Francis
Earle< no role > , Samuel Swaine< no role > , Adam Mc. Claran< no role > , William Sturrup< no role > ,
Samuel Coleman< no role > , Robert Miland< no role > , William Stephenson< no role >
John Knight< no role > , John Crump< no role > , Samuel FourAcres< no role > , John Mortimer< no role >
Christian Readle< no role > and Thomas Nesbit< 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 Samuel Hatton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Samuel Hatton< no role > , not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick
and distracted on the said Twenty first day of January in the
Years aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the LIberty
and County aforesaid, one End of a certain Cord unto a
Wooden Shelf in the Lodging Room of the said Samuel
Hatton< no role > in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
County aforesaid, and the other End thereof about his
own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and there with did then and
there hand suffocate and Strangle himself, of which said Hanging
Suffocation and Stragling he the said Samuel Hatton< no role > then and
there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say that the said Samuel Hatton< no role > , not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted
in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill himself.
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Francis Earle< 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 > Coroner .
Frans Earle Foreman