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 Eighteenth day of May 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 Anthony
Gell< no role > , Esq Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of a Woman unknown then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of William Foxall< no role > , James Wise< no role > , Thomas Millis< no role > , Francis Lye< no role > ,
Joseph Warner< no role > , John Nicholls< no role > , Francis Newstead< no role > , Thomas Cooke< no role >
William Grant< no role > , William Fenn< no role > , Stephen Merton< no role > , and John
Disney< 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 Woman unknown came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say that the said woman unknown not being of
sound Mind, Memory, and understanding but lunatic and distracted, on
the Seventeenth day of May in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in
the Liberty aforesaid to Went into the Serpentine River in Hyde Park
there did least and throw herself by Means of which said Casting &
Throwing she the said Woman unknown in the water of the said
River was then and there suffocated and drowned of which said
suffocation & drowning she the said Woman unknown then and
there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid
do say that the said woman unknown in manner and by
the means aforesaid not being of sound Mind Memory and
understanding, but Lunatic and distracted did drown and Kill
herself. In Witness where of as well the said Coroner as the said
William Foxall< 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 above mentioned.

Anth.y Gell< no role > Coroner
William Foxall< no role > Foreman