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 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 Twenty seventh day of December in the twenty fourth
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 Mary Clarke< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Price< no role > William Stratford< no role > , John Mitchell< no role >
Morris Marsault< no role > George Graves< no role > , Robert Reeve< no role > , Peter
Wyatt< no role > , William Ginger< no role > , John Fell< no role > , William Hoare< no role > ,
Thomas Pearce< no role > , Robert Clarke< no role > , John Williams< no role > and
George Byfield< 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 Mary Clarke< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Mary Clarke< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
distracted on the said Twenty seventh day of December in the
Year aforesaid into a certain Cistern within the Dwelling-
House of the said Mary Clarke< no role > in the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, there did cast
and throw herself, by Means of which said Casting and
Throwing she the said Mary Clarke< no role > in the Water in the
said Cistern was then and there Suffocated and drowned,
of which said Suffocation and Drowning she the said
Mary Clarke< no role > then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say, That the said Mary Clarke< no role >
in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, did
drown and kill herself. In Witness whereof as
well the said Coroner as, the said John Price< 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 first abovementioned

Tho. Prickard Coroner

John Price< no role > [mark] Foreman