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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the sixth day of July in the twenty seventh
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 City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Elizabeth Carter< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Henry Wilson< no role > , Isaac Brooks< no role > , William King< no role > , William
Couridge< no role > , Frederick Duperoy< no role > , Thomas Louring< no role > , Nicodemus Haynes< no role >
John Richards< no role > , Abraham Botcher< no role > , John Noble< no role > , Thomas Whitehead< no role >
Henry Wilson< no role > , James Dales< no role > , and William Williams< 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 Carter< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say That on the
fifth day of July in the Year aforesaid a Person or Persons to the Jurors
aforesaid as yet unknown not having the fear of God before his her or their
Eyes but being moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil with
Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty & County
aforesaid in and upon the said Elizabeth Carter< no role > in the Peace of God
and our said Lord the King then and there being feloniously wilfully
and of his her or their Malice fore thought did make an Assault
And that the said Person or Persons unknown her the said Elizabeth
Carter< no role > into a certain Water Tub in the Dwelling House of John Currie< no role >
situate in the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid then and there
feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice forethought
did violently cast and throw by Means whereof she the said Elizabeth
Carter< no role > in the Water in the said Tub was then and there suffocated &
Drowned of which and Suffocation and Drowning she the said Elizabeth
Carter< no role > then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say that the said Person or Persons unknown her the
said Elizabeth Carter< no role > in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice Fore thought
did hill and murder against the Peace of our said Lord the King his
Crown and Dignity. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
as the said Henry Wilson< 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 & Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Henry Wilson< no role > [mark] Foreman