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 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 fourth day of August 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 Sarah Waporton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of David Wernham< no role > , John Reynolds< no role > , James Wamsley< no role > ,
James Harrison< no role > , John Filiberts< no role > , Charles Lawton< no role > , John Burnham< no role > ,
George Mann< no role > , Michael Barker< no role > , John Cook< no role > , Edward Brittan,
John Cook< no role > , and Thomas Jones< 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 by Means the said Sarah Waporton came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Sarah Waporton not
being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick
and distracted, on the Third day of August in the Year aforesaid,
at the Parish aforesaid, and in the Liberty and County aforesaid,
One End of a certain price of Cord unto a Wooden Quilting France
upon the Top Rails of the Bed in the Lodging Room or Apartment
of her the said Sarah Waporton in the Dwelling House of John
Dunham< no role > situate and being in Chandler Street in the said
Parish Liberty and County and the other End thereof about her
own Neck did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then and
there hang Suffocate and Strangle herself, of which said Hanging
Suffocation and Strangling. She the said Sarah Waporton then and
there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid,
do say, that the said Sarah Waporton 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 David Wernham< 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

Davd: Wernham [mark] Foreman