City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Twenty
second day of December 1786 at the
Parish of St. Margaret within the
Liberty of Westminster in the County
of Middlesex upon on Inquisition
touching the death of Margaret
Byrnel< no role > lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Mary Cutter< no role > Widow on her Oath saith That
she was Servant to Patrick Byrne< no role > [..] of Charles
Street in the Parish of St. Margaret Westmr .
Husband to the Decedon her Oath saithThat
on Thursday the Thirtieth day of Novr. last
She want into Deced's Room and found the
Deced As sleep before the Fire sitting on one
Chair and her Head on another Chair, being
in Liquor as Dept thought, Says that she out
and on being told that it was Mrs. Cutter
Deced ordered her to make her some Tea
and to Cut a Toast, Says that she took a
small piece of Paper lighted a Candle and
threw the remainder of the Paper behind
the Fire where it Burnt out, Says that
she was about five Minutes in cutting a
Toast and the heard the Deced say that she
was on Fire, and Dept. saw some of her
Cloaths on the Right side on Fire, Says that
the Deced ran down Stairs and was much
Burnt in her Breast Neck, arms and Sid as, That
She was attended by Mr. Hanbury a Surgeon
and died Yesterday about four o'Clock
in Consequence of being Burnt as Dept.
thinks and this Dept thinks that the Deced
Clothes took Fire by a Spark flying form the
Fire

Mark [mark] Cutler< no role >
her Mark.