Jump to Content
Jump to Main Navigation
Jump to Section Navigation
Sign in
Register
London Lives 1690 to 1800
Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
Main Navigation
Home
Search
Browse
Lives
Historical Background
The Project
London Lives Book
<
div1
type
=
"CW_ICpage"
id
=
"WACWIC65225IC652250675"
>
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"WACWIC652250675"
>
</
xptr
>
<
p
n
=
"2093"
>
<
note
type
=
"authorial"
place
=
"margin"
>
City and Liberty
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2574"
>
Westminster
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2574"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Westminster"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2574"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
in the
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2575"
>
County of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Middlesex
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2575"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"County ofMiddlesex"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2575"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
.}
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
to wit.
</
note
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
King at the
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2576"
>
Parish of Saint Margaret
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2576"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Parish of Saint Margaret"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2576"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2577"
>
St. Peter, Westminster
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2577"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Peter, Westminster"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2577"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
in the
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2578"
>
County of Middlesex
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2578"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"County of Middlesex"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2578"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, the twenty fourth day of December in the twenty sixth
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-1"
>
Thomas
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Prickard
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Thomas"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Prickard"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1496"
>
Gentleman
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1496"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Gentleman"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1497"
>
Coroner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1497"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Coroner"
>
</
interp
>
of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
View of the Body of A Woman unknown then and there lying dead, upon
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Oath of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2"
>
William Hepburn
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Hepburn"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-3"
>
William Ashdon
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-3"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-3"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Ashdon"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-3"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-4"
>
George Brown
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-4"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"George"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-4"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Brown"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-4"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-5"
>
Timothy Edwards
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-5"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Timothy"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-5"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Edwards"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-5"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-923"
>
William Birrall
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-923"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-923"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Birrall"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-923"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-234"
>
Robert Southly
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-234"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Robert"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-234"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Southly"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-234"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-6"
>
George Payn
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-6"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"George"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-6"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Payn"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-6"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2349"
>
William Wethrell
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2349"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2349"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Wethrell"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-2349"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-45"
>
Hardey Allen
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-45"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Hardey"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-45"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Allen"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-45"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-456"
>
William Cothsell
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-456"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-456"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Cothsell"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-456"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-7"
>
Edward Hawkins
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-7"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Edward"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-7"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Hawkins"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-7"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-555"
>
Thomas Honeycombe
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-555"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Thomas"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-555"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Honeycombe"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2093-555"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Woman unknown came to
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Woman unknown, on
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Twenty fourth day of December in the Year aforesaid, was
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
found drowned and suffocated in the
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2579"
>
River Thames
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2579"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"River Thames"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_geo2579"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
near the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
wooden Bridge in the said Parish of Saint Margaret within
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Liberty and County aforesaid, That the said Woman
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
unknown had no Marks of Violence appearing on her Body,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
But how and by what Means she became drowned and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
suffocated, no Evidence thereof doth appear to the Jurors.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2094"
>
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
said
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2094-1"
>
William Hepburn
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2094-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"William"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2094-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Hepburn"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2094-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1498"
>
Foreman
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1498"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Foreman"
>
</
interp
>
of the said Jarorson
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his Fellows, in
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
their Presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands,
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and Seals, the Day Year and Place above mentioned
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2095"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2095-1"
>
Tho. Prickard
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2095-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Tho"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2095-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Prickard"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2095-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1499"
>
Coroner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1499"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Coroner"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2096"
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_n2096-34"
>
Wm Hepburn
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2096-34"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Wm"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2096-34"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Hepburn"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_n2096-34"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
figure
rend
=
"mark"
>
</
figure
>
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1500"
>
Foreman
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"WACWIC65225_occ1500"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Foreman"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us