City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1791 - 31st December 1791

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


Informations taken this First day
of December 1791 at the Parish of St.
George Hanover Square within the Liberty
of Westmr in the County of Midsex upon
an Inquisition touching the death
of morris Lanard< no role > lying dead in the
said Parish Liberty and County

Ann Wright< no role > of Cormile Building [..] in the
Parish of St. Mary le bone Widow on her
Oath saith That on Tuesday last the
twenty ninth of November last about Seven
o'Clock in the Evening this Dept. went
to o Cook sho [..] d in Chandler Street in
the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
to get a Penny worth of Peace Sou [..]
That Morris Lynard< no role > the Deced was
sitting in the Shop andDeced was
had a Bason of Leg of Beef Sh [..]
before him on the Table Says that
the Deced appeared to be Sick, and
his Head leaned forward upon the
Table, Says that supposing him to
be in a Fit, he was moved into the
Passage and burnt a Rag under his Nose
and rubbed his face with Vinegar but
he never spoke and was not better
That a Surgeon was fetched who felt
the Deced and [..] ind said that he was dead
and Dept. believes that he died by the
Visitation of God in a natural Way.

Sworn the Day Year
& Place abovementioned
before me
Tho Prickard< no role > Coroner }

Ann Wright< no role >




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