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

Informations taken this
Twenty sixth Day of May 1790
at the Parish of St. Martin in the
Fields within the Liberty of West
in the County of Midsex upon an
Inquisition touching the death
of Ann Beckton lying dead in
the said Parish Liberty & County

Penelope Crockar< no role > Still Rooms Maid to his
Grace the Duke of Northumberland in,
the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields within
the Liberty of Westmr . on her Oath saith
That she has lived there about three
Years and an half and usually
attended the Deced, who has at times
During the last twelve months been
afflicted with a slow Fever and was
low Spirited, Says that a little before
Nine o'Clock this Morning Dept. went
to call she Dead, and not seeing f [..]
in Bad Dept. looked in the next Room
Deced not being there this Dept. returned
into the Bed chamber and saw the Deced
near the Fleet of the, Bed kneeling
upon the Bed as Dept. thought, Says that
the called to the Deced and having no
Answer, and seeing, her Hands black
Dept. then thought that Deced was in a Fit
and acquainted Joseph Appleby< no role > the
Under Butler therewith. who saw the Deced
and another Servant cause in called
Thomas Carling< no role > who took out his Knife
and Dept. [..] the Curtain slip upon the
Red, but Dept, did not see him use the
use, Says that the Deced was very low
Spirited and Dept. often found Deced in
Tears when she was alone Says that
the Deced's behaviour we was sometimes so
extraordinary as, to cause this Dept. and
her [..] Servants to think that she was out
of her Minds

Penelope Crokar< no role >