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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Fourth day of January in the Twenty first 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
Juliet Smith< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Samuel
Ray< no role > , John Henderson< no role > , Robert Lean< no role > , James Adams< no role > ,
John West< no role > Vinsell Mann< no role > , William Plasket< no role > , Francis
Phipps< no role > , Jonathan Walters< no role > , James Abbott< no role > , John
Painter< no role > and James Brown< 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 Juliet Smith came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Juliet Smith on the
Twenty sixth day of December in the year aforesaid being
alone in her Lodging Room in the Dwelling House of
Frederick Windermund< no role > in the Parish of St. John the Evangelist
within the Liberty and County aforesaid. It so happened
that as the said Juliet Smith was then and there sitting before
the Fire, the Linen Gown of her the said Juliet Smith which
she the said Juliet Smith then and there had on her Body
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune took fire, by reason
whereof and from the Smoke and Flame arising from the said
Fire She the said Juliet Smith in and upon the Belly Stomach
Neck and Face was then and there Burnt, and thereof
languished at the said Parish of St. Margaret within the
Liberty and County aforesaid until the third day of January
in the year aforesaid, and thereof then and there did die
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say
that the said Juliet Smith in Manner and by the Means
aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
came to her death and not otherwise In Witness
whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Samuel Ray< no role >
Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and
the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
abovewritten

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Samuel Ray [mark] Foreman