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 Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Eighteenth day of February 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 Frances Anthony Rougement< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of Daniel James< no role > , John Robinson< no role > , William Barrow< no role > , Robert Hawksley< no role >
James Stodart< no role > , Thomas Stokes< no role > , John Fairfield< no role > , George Bew< no role > , Robert Salmon< no role >
Robert Frisby< no role > , William Oddy< no role > , William Broad< no role > , Bennick Smith< no role >
and William Barrett< 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 Francis Anthony Rougement came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Francis Anthony Rougement not
being of sound mind memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted on the
said Eighteenth day of February in the year aforesaid at the said Parish of Saint
Martin in the Fields within the Liberty and County aforesaid in the dwelling House
of Samuel Bates< no role > there situate with a certain Razor made of Iron and Steel which he the
said Francis Anthony Rougement then and there had and held in his Hand, The Throat
or Gullet of him the said Francis Rougement did then and these strike stab and penetrate
thereby then and there giving unto himself with the Razor aforesaid in and upon the Th [..]
or Gullet of him the said Francis Anthony Rougement one mortal Wound of the Length
of four Inches and of the Depth of one Inch of which said mortal Wound he the said
Francis Anthony Rougement then and there instantly diedAnd so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Francis Anthony Rougement
not being of some mind Memory and understanding but Lunatick and and distracted in
manner and by the means aforesaid did kill himself

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Daniel James< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest
of his Fellows in their presence home to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
the Day year and place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Daniel James< no role > [mark] Foreman