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 George Hanover Square
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 March 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 City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Stephen Hodges< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of James Morris< no role > , George Dodd< no role > , William Davies< no role > , Joseph
Grace< no role > , George Arrowsmith< no role > , William Lawrence< no role > James Padgett< no role > ,
Thomas Syertt< no role > , Thomas Foster< no role > , Thomas Clarke< no role > , William Carpenter< no role > ,
and William Elkin< 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 Stephen Hodges< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Stephen Hodges< no role > not being of
Sound mind memory and understanding, but Lunatic and distracted,
on the fifteenth day of March in the Year aforesaid at the parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid one end of a certain piece of
Small cord unto a Wooden rail in the pack Yard or area belonging to the
felling house of George Walker< no role > [..] and being in off [..] in the said
Parish Liberty and County and the other End thereof about his own neck did
fix the and fasten and therewith did then and there hang suffocate
and Strangle himself of which said hanging suffocation and strangling
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Stephen Hodges< no role >
not being of sound mind Memory and understanding but lunatic and
Distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid did hang himself

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
James Morris< no role > Foreman of the said James on the behalf of himself
and the rest of his Fellows have to this Inquisition set their Hands and
Seals the day year and Place abovewritten

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

James Morris< no role > Foreman