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 Eleventh day of November in the twenty ninth
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 John Strickland< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Thomas Peter< no role > Taylor, Giles Lawrence< no role > , Thomas
Burch< no role > , John Bryant< no role > , John Farthing< no role > , Thomas Mee< no role > , John Oldham< no role >
William Hughes< no role > , Robert Loveday< no role > , Richard King< no role > , John Skelton< no role >
and Charles Chowles< 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 John Strickland< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say That the said John Strickland< no role > not
being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick
and distracted, on the tenth day of November in the Year aforesaid
one end of certain Piece of Cord into certain wooden pegs in the
Wainscoat in the lodging Room or Apartment of him the said John
Strickland< no role > in the Dwelling House of Mary Bidwell situate in Green
Street in the said Parish of Saint George Hanover Square within the
Liberty and County aforesaid and the other end thereof about his own
neck did fix tie and fasten and therewith did then and there hang
suffocate and strangle himself of which said hanging suffocation
and strangling he the said John Strickland< no role > then and there died
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that
the said John Strickland< no role > not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding but Lunatick and distracted in Manner and by
the means aforesaid did will himself

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
as the said Thomas Weaver< 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 abovemention'd

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Tho. Weaver< no role > Foreman