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 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 fouth day of February 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 Henry Brandon< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Astley< no role > Thomas Oliver< no role > , Robert Foulder< no role > , John
Brutton< no role > , Abraham Skeggs< no role > , Edward Ball< no role > , John Dalby< no role > ,
Evan Evans< no role > , James Kennedy< no role > , Robert Gihon< no role > , William
Pearson< no role > , Clayton Wilkinson< no role > , Charles Logan< no role > and Charles
Davies< 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 Henry Brandon< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Henry Brandon< no role > not
being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick
and distracted, on the Third day of February in the Year
aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
County aforesaid, one End of a certain Piece of Cord unto the
top of the Bed Post in the Lodging Room or Apartment of him
the said Henry Brandon< no role > in the Dwellinbg House of Thomas
Blyth< no role > Victualler situate and being in the said Parish Liberty
and County, and the other End thereof about his own Neck
did six tye and fasten, and therewith did then and there Hang
suffocate and Strangle himself, of which said Hanging
Suffocation and Strangling he the said Henry Brandon< no role > then
and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, that the said Henry Brandon< no role > not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill
herself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as
the said Astley 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 above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

John Astley< no role > Foreman