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 James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the first day of January in the Thirtieth
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 Samuel Burton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Mimms< no role > , George Butler< no role > , Ralph Weldon< no role > , Andrew
Bath< no role > , William Blate< no role > , Joseph Pedder< no role > , Samuel Fabes< no role > , William
Neene< no role > , Thomas Hickson< no role > , William Philpott< no role > , Henry Cauling< no role > , William
Marshall< no role > , William Allison< no role > , Elisha Whittaker< no role > , Samuel Persons< no role > , William
Berry< no role > , James Savage< no role > and Edward Lenox< 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 Samuel Burton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Samuel Burton< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted
on the Thirty first day of December in the Year aforesaid at the said Parish
of St. James within the Liberty and County aforesaid, a certain Piece of small
Cord unto a certain Wooden Ladder standing in the Shop of him the said Samuel Burton< no role >
in St. James's Market in the said Parish Liberty and County and the other
end thereof about his own neck did fix tie and fasten and therewith did then
and these hang suffocate and strangle himself of which said hanging
suffocation and strangling he the said Samuel Burton< no role > then and there died.
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the
said Samuel Burton< no role > not being of sound Mind Memory and understanding
but Lunatick and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did
hill himself

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said John Nimms< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. 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 > Cononer

Jno Nimmo< no role > Foreman