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 June 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 Michael Marsden< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Edward Adams< no role > , Benjamin Noon< no role > , Thomas Hudson< no role > ,
Thomas Roberts< no role > , James Clement< no role > , John Atwood< no role > , Alexander Stewark< no role > ,
Charles Curtis< no role > , John Warham< no role > , Thomas Edkins< no role > ,
William Twentyman< no role > , Michael Pieret< no role > , Thomas Hind< no role >
and August Loriet< 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 Michael Marsden came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Michael Marsden not
being of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding, but Lunatick and
distracted, on the said Twentieth day of June in the Year aforesaid, a certain
Piece of small Cord unto an Iron Hook, fixed in the Ceiling, in the Cellar
of him the said Michael Marsden, situate in lower Brook Street, in the
said Parish of St. 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 Michael Marsden then
and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid
do say That the said Michael Marsden not being of sound Mind, Memory
and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted, in manner and by the
means aforesaid did hang himself.

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner , as the said Edward Adams< 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Edwd. Adams< no role > [mark] Foreman