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 Country of Middlesex , the thireenth day of October 1792 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 William Cumbes< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of Samuel String< no role > , Harry Sidebottom< no role > , John Strahou< no role > , John Bornatt< no role > ,
Archibald Hay< no role > , Thomas Alann< no role > , Randolph Payne< no role > , John George
Bruckner< no role > , Thomas Lloyd< no role > , James Robinson< no role > , William Coleman< no role >
and James Farley< 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 William Cumbes< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Cumbes not being
of sound Mind, Memory, and understanding, but Lunatie
and distracted on the twelfty day of October, in the year aforesaid at the
Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid To Wit in accertain outhouse in the Yard
belonging to the Dwelling House of sum the said William Cumbes, with
certain Knife made of Iron of steel which he the said William Cumbes the
and there had and held, the Throat or Gullet of him the said William Cumbes
did then and there strike stab, and penstrate; thereby giving unto himself
the said William Cumbes (so being Lunatic and distracted ) with the knife
aforesaid in or upon the Throat a Gullet of him the said William Cumbes
one Mortal wound, of which said Mortal wound he the said William
Cumbes then and there instanly died;And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said William cumbes not
being of sound Mind, Memory and understanding but Lunatie and
distracted, in manner and by the Means aforesaid did kill # #
himself. In Witness where of as well he said Coroner as the
said Samuel Strong< no role > foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
of himself and the rest of his said Fellows in their presence
have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the
Day Year & Place above written.

Anthy Gell< no role > [mark] Coroner
S Strong [mark] Foreman