City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at Tothill Fields Bridewell in the Parish of Saint Margaret

within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter , Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Sixteenth day of June in the Thirty first
Year of the Reign on 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 George Pricard< no role > a Prisoner then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of John Poole< no role > , John Taylor< no role > , Joseph Winskell< no role > , William
Thomas< no role > , Robert Woodward< no role > , James Bower< no role > , William Attwoode< no role >
Henry Kuneman< no role > , William Todhunter< no role > , Edward Wildbore< no role > , Thomas
Ryder< no role > and George Lucas< no role > good and lawful Men of the Said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire our Said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said George Pricard< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said George Pricard a Prisoner in
Tothill Fields Bridewell situate in the said Parish of St. Margaret within the
Liberty and County aforesaid. not having the Fear of God before his Eyes but moved and
seduced by the Instigation of the Devil on the said Sixteenth day of June in the Year
aforesaid with Force and Arms at Tothill Fields Bridewell aforesaid in and upon
himself in the Peace of God and of our said Sovereign Lord the King then and there being
Feloniously Wilfully and of his Malice aforethought did make an Assault, And that
the said George Pricard with a certain Razor made of Iron and Steel of the Value
of one Shilling. which he the said George Pricard then and there had and held in
his right Hand. The Throat or Gullet of him the said George Pricard did then and there
Strike and but thereby then and there giving into himself with the Razor aforesaid
in and upon the said Throat or Gullet of him the said George Pricard one Mortal
Wound of the length of Three Inches and of the Depth of one Inch of which said mortal
Wound he the said George Pricard then and there instantly died, And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said George Pricard in manner
and by the means aforesaid feloniously wilfully and of his Malve aforethought did kill and murder himself against
the Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and that the said George
Pricard at the Time of committing the Felony and Murder aforesaid had us Goods or
Challels Lanes or Tenements within the said Liberty or elsewhere to the Knowledge of the
said Jurors,

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
John Poole< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf 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

John Rook< no role > [mark] Foreman