City of 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 Twenty fifth day of February in the twenty fifth
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 Thomas Harland< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Samuel Harrison< no role > , William Bennett< no role > , Walter
Brown< no role > , Jeremiah James< no role > , Edward Foster< no role > , John Miles< no role >
William Sell< no role > , Thomas Rogers< no role > David Gerrard< no role > ,
Thomas Weaver< no role > , John Woodward< no role > and Geroge
Hardesty 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 Thomas Harland< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Harland< no role > not
being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but
lunatick and distracted , on the said Twenty fifth day of
February in the Year aforesaid one End of a certain piece
of small Cord unto a large Nail fastened into a Wooden Beam
in the Lodging Room or Apartment of him the said Thomas
Harland< no role > in the dwelling House of John Underwood< no role > situate
in North row in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
and County aforesaid, and the other End thereof about his
own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then
and there hang suffocate and strangle himself, of which said
Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the said Thomas
Harland< no role > then and there died, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Thomas Harland< 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 Samuel Harrison< 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

Samuel Harrison< no role > [mark] Foreman