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

Informations taken this Sixteenth day
of May 1791 at the Parish of St. Martin
in the Fields within the Liberty of Westmr .
in the County of Midsex upon an Inquisition
touching the death of Miss Elizabeth
Stewart< no role > lying dead in the said Parish
Liberty and County.

James Duffe< no role > of Salisbury Street in the Parish
of St. Martin in the Fields Merchant on his Oath
saith That on Saturday Evening the Seventh
Instant upon hearing his Servant Francis Say
that he saw a great Light above Stairs and
that he thought the House was on Fire this Dept.
went up Stairs, and saw the Deced standing
between the two Doors at the Top of the
two pair of Stairs with her Cloaths of Fire
Flaming violently Says that he used every means
in the power to eatinguish the Flames by
Rolling a Blanket around the Deced and
having a Pail of Water poured down the
Deced's Back and on the Floor [..]
the Deced had stoodin several Place, the
Deced being very much Burnt upon her
Neck Says that the Deced afterwards
declared that as she was standing in her
Bed chamber with her Back to do fire drying some of her Cloaths
the Gown took Fire which burnt her
Cloaths, Says that the Burnt Cloaths were
taken off others put on, and the Deced
put into Bed, That Mr. Robinson a Surgeon
was fetched to the Deced but that she Deced
upon the Ninth Instant of the Burning
which had happened and Dept. believes
it to be mere by Accidental.

Jam Duff< no role >

James Robinson< no role > of Parliament Street Westmr.
Surgeon on his Oath saith That about Ten
o' Clock on Saturday Evening the Seventh Instant
he was desired to go to the Deced who he
found very much Burnt upon her Back