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 Clement Danes
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster
in the County of Middlesex , the Tenth day of May 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 Phillip Brown< no role > then and there lying dead, up
the Oath of Robert Davis< no role > , John Fossick< no role > , John Nott< no role >
William Bower< no role > , John Harrison< no role > , William Lambert< no role >
John Sawer< no role > , John Yarrel< no role > , Edward Caslin< no role >
William Pedlingham< no role > Samuel Orton< no role > and King
Westland< 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 Philip Brown< no role > came to
h is Death,do upon their Oath say, That the said Philip Brown< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
Distracted on the Ninth day of May in the Year aforesaid at the
Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid a certain
Gun or Fowling Piece which he the said Philip Brown< no role > then and
there had and held in his Hand, and charged with Gun Powder
and a leaden Bullet, to and against the Body of him the
said Philip Brown< no role > did then and there shoot off and discharge
by Means whereof he the said Philip Brown< no role > did then and there
give unto himself with the leaden Bullet aforesaid, so
discharged and shot out of the Gun aforesaid by the force of
the Gun powder aforesaid in and upon the leftside of the Belly
of him the said Philip Brown< no role > one mortal Wound of the breadth of one
Inch and of the Depth of five Inches, of which said mortal Wound
he the said Philip Brown< no role > their and there instantly died. And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that
the said Philip Brown< 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 Robert Davies< 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

Robert Davis< no role > [mark] Foreman