City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at Tothill Fields Bridewell in the Parish of Saint Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter , Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty seventh day of December in the twenty sixth
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 Elizabeth Barton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Thomas Pearse< no role > , James Gillespie< no role > James Lynch< no role > ,
James Whitney< no role > , Alexander Dickson< no role > , William Seruce< no role > , James
Magnus< no role > , Thomas Clarke< no role > , Samuel Fox< no role > , John Brown< no role > , Charles
Copp< no role > and William George< 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 Elizabeth Barton< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Elizabeth Barton< no role >
being a Prisoner in Tothill Fields Bridewell aforesaid, in
the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and County
aforesaid, on the Twenty sixth day of December in the Year
aforesaid, at Tothill fields Bridewell aforesaid, departed
this Life by the Visitation of God, in a natural way, To
wit, of a Fever, and not otherwise

In Witness whereof, as well the said Coroner
as the said Thomas Pearse< 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 above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Thos. Pearse< no role >
Foreman }
[mark]

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