City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Intended, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Eighth day of March in the twenty third
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 William Skrine< no role > Esqr . then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Richard Seccombe< no role > , Peter Henderson< no role > , Richard Barnett< no role > , Joseph
Wood< no role > , Joseph Gerard< no role > , Thomas Lyne< no role > George Michell< no role > , George Allen< no role > ,
George Darling< no role > , Edward Johns< no role > , George Warriner< no role > and
Alexander Weatherly< 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 William Skrine< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Skrine< no role > , not
being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but
lunatick and distracted, on the said Eighth day of March in
the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty and
County aforesaid, a certain Pistol charged with Gun powder
and a leaden Bullet, to and against the Right side of the Head
of him the said William Skrine< no role > did then and there shoot off
and discharge, by Means whereof he the said William Skrine< no role >
did then and there give unto himself with the leaden Bullet
aforesaid, so discharged and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid
by the force of the Gunpowder aforesaid in and upon the
Right side of the Head of him the said William Skrine< no role > , one
Mortal Wound, of which said Mortal Wound he the said
William Skrine< no role > then and there instantly died. And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that
the said William Skrine< 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 Richard Seccombe< 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

Richd Seccombe [mark] Foreman