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 Twentieth 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 Sarah Boxall< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of William Dean< no role >
, Henry Bedford< no role >
, Richard Greville< no role >
Thomas Hill< no role >
, John Triss< no role >
, Richard Kirkham< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
, Thomas Merchant< no role >
Thomas Clarke< no role >
; Richard Votes< no role >
, Michael Duff< no role >
, William Warren< no role >
and John Hood< 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 Sarah Boxall came to
her Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Sarah Boxall not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and
distracted on the twelfth day of November in the Year aforesaid
into the River near the Fire Engine at Pimlico in the said Parish of
Saint George Hanover Square
within the Liberty and County aforesaid
did cast and threw herself by means of which said Casting and throwing
she the said Sarah Boxall in the water of the said River was then
and there Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and
drowning she the said Sarah Boxall then and there died. And
so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
said Sarah Boxall 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 William Dean 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
abovementioned
Tho. Prickard< no role >
Coroner
William Dean< no role >
Foreman