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 seventh day of December in the Thirty second
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 Sarah Ha [..] vett then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of George Harrison< no role > , Charles Green< no role > , Richard Williams< no role >
William Hargrave< no role > , James Walker< no role > , Richard Lloyd< no role > , John Barnes< no role >
James Ridgway< no role > , John Howseley< no role > , John Prior< no role > , Christian Thyle< no role > Peter
Price< no role > , and Mark Gorden< 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 Sarah Hewott< no role > came to
h er

Death, do upon their Oath say,

That on the Twenty sixth day of December in
the year aforesaid the said Sarah Hewett being alone in a certain Room in the
Dwelling House of Philip Francis< no role > situate and being in the said Parish of St.
James within the Liberty and County aforesaid and standing with her back
Hewett then and there had on her Body accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
took fire by means where of both the Go [..] Ber [..] stand [..] Sarah
Hewett< no role > were then and there violently burnt of which said burning she the said
Sarah Hewett< no role > then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say that the said Sarah Hewett< no role > in manner andy by the
means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to her Denth
and not otherwise

In Witness whereof aswell the said Coroner
as the said George Harrison< 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 Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
G. HarrisonForeman