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 Ann
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirty first day of January 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 Collins< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Joseph Davies< no role > , John Billing< no role > , Samuel Hopton John Glazer,
Samuel Palmer< no role > , Edward Burridge< no role > , John Swan< no role > , John Ashlen< no role >
Joseph Willson< no role > , William Seekins< no role > , James Thomas< no role > , Phillips Dimes< no role > , John Brown< no role > , Hugh
Ramsey< no role > and Michael Clark< 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 that Means the said Elizabeth Collins< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Elizabeth Collins< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
distracted on the Thirteenth day of January in the Year aforesaid,
at the said Parish of Saint Ann within the Liberty and County
aforesaid, with a certain Pen knife made of Iron and Steel which
She the said Elizabeth Collins< no role > then and there had and held in her
right Hand, the Throat on Gullet of her the said Elizabeth Collins< no role > ,
did then and there strike Stab and penetrate, thereby then and there
giving unto herself with the knife aforesaid, in and upon the Throat
or Gullet of her the said Elizabeth Collins< no role > One Mortal Wound of the
length of three Inches and of the Depth of One Inch of which said
Mortal Wound she the said Elizabeth Collins< no role > then and there
instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid, do say, that the said Elizabeth Collins< 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 Joseph 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
abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Joseph Davies< no role > [mark] Foreman