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 Ninth day of November in the twenty eighth
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 of the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Mary Hodges< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Burgan< no role > , James Scott< no role > , John Sibthorp< no role >
Nathan Cavington< no role > , John Cook< no role > , David Wernham< no role >
Thomas Wigfield< no role > , William Tomlinson< no role > , William
Davis< no role > , Thomas Lincoln< no role > Rogers, Thomas Reeves< no role > , William Lynch< no role >
William Jones< no role > , Henry Bell< no role > & Charles Lewis< 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 Mary Hodges< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Eighth day of November
in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and
County aforesaid the Dwelling House of Ann Tookey< no role > situate
in Chandler Street in the same Parish Liberty and County
casually took fire and was Burnt down and the said Mary
Hodges< no role > being a Lodger in the said House It so happened
that the said Mary Hodges< no role > by the violence of the Fire and the
Smoke issuing therefrom was then and there Accidentlly
Casually and by Misfortune Suffocated and burnt of which
said Suffocation and Burning she the said Mary Hodges< no role >
then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say that the said Mary Hodges< no role > in manner
and by the means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
came to her Death and not otherwise

In Witness whereof as
well the said Coroner as the said John Burger< no role > Foreman
of the Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition at
their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place
abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .

Jno. Burgan< no role > Foreman