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 Twenty third day of September in the Thirty first
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 James Robinson< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of William Dennison< no role > , Robert Glahome< no role > , William Butchell< no role > , Thomas
Fagan< no role > , James Angus< no role > , Robert Mason< no role > , William Sharman< no role > , Thomas Johnson< no role >
James Hogg< no role > , William Dunn< no role > , Thomas Tombs< no role > , James Taylor< no role > , Thomas heal< no role >
Thomas barr< no role > , George Petitt< no role > , William Lansley< no role > , and John Wadlow< 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 James Robinson< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said James Robinson< no role > not being of
sound Mind memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted on
the Twenty second day of September in the Year aforesaid one End of a certain price
of Cord which he the said James Robinson< no role > there and there had in his Hand
into an Iron Staple fixed in the beiling of the Lodging Room or Apartment
of him the said James Robinson< no role > situate in the Dwelling House of Abraham
Mottier< no role > in Brewers Street in the said Parish of St. James within the Liberty
and County aforesaid and the other End thereof about his own Neck did fix tie
and fasten and therewith did then and there hang suffocated and strangle
himself of which said hanging suffocation and strangling he the said
James Robinson< no role > then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid so say that the said James Robinson< 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
William Denison< no role > 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 Hand and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coronor

Wm. Denison< no role > Foreman