City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Twenty sixth
day of October 1789 at Kensington in the
Parish of St. Margaret Westmr. in the Court
of Middlesex upon an Inquisition touching
the death of Ann Smith< no role > lying dead in
the said Parish Liberty and County.

John Bailey< no role > at Carpenter living at the
Apartments of the Widows at Kensington in the
Parish of St. Margaret Westmr. on his Oath saith
That he saw the Deced Ann Smith< no role > on Saturday
last the twenty Fourth Instant where she appeared
to be in Health, Says that he saw the Deced walk
along Yesterday Morning Says that last
Night about Ten o' Clock Dept. was going to Bed
in a Room over the Deced's Room, and in
going along saw the Deced's Room Door [..]
upon the Latch, Dept. went into Deced's Room
and having a Candle & Lanthorne in the Room
found the Deced lying on the Floor upon her
Free with her Head on the Finder, Says
that he called but Deced made no Answer
upon which Dept. took hold of her Arm
which was Shiff, Says that he called Mrs. Griffith
and other Neighbours who saw the Deced
That he called a Surgeon who bled the Deced
that she bled very little and the Gentleman said that
it was of no use and that the Deced had
been head about two hours as he thought
and believes that the Deced died in a Fit
of Apoplexy .

Jno Bailey< no role >

Sworn the day Year & Place
abovementioned
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner }