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 Third day of January 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 Liege< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Joseph Lucas< no role > , John Flaxman< no role > , John Watkinson< no role >
Daniel Mc.Kenzie< no role > , John Myers< no role > , William Robinson< no role > , John
Malkin< no role > , Joseph Strong< no role > , John Ramsey< no role > , Thomas Jackson< no role > ,
Francis Smith< no role > , Fall Blissett< no role > , and William Martin< 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 Liege came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Mary Liege on the
Second day of January in the Year aforesaid being alone in her
Lodging Room or Apartment in the Dwelling House of Francis
Deschamp< no role > situate in Wardour Street in the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and being Old
and Intoxicated with Liquor It so happened that the Cloaths
which the said Mary Leife had on her Body then and there Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune took fire, by Means whereof and by the
Flames arising from the said Fire the Head and Body of the said
Mary Liege were then and there violently Burnt, of which
said Burning she the said Mary Liege then and there died.
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say
That the said Mary Liege 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 Joseph Lucas< 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

J Lucas Foreman