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 Westminster
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Third day of November in the Third third
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 Elizabeth Sealey< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of John Samuel< no role > Jeremiah Victury< no role > , Richard Colcut< no role > , Edward
Osborn< no role > , James Shaddock< no role > , Engus Sutherland< no role > , Thomas
Hopkins< no role > Thomas Bandy< no role > , Robert Hardy< no role > , Thomas
Embry< no role > , William Burges< no role > Clement Bulling< no role > , and
John Coleman< 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 Elizabeth Sealey< no role > came to
her Death, do upon their Oath Say that the Said Elizabeth Sealey< no role > , being a women
fan advanced in years, and weak and infirm in Body on the Twenty
ninth day of October in the Year aforesaid, being alone in her Bed
Room at the Dwelling House of Ford in Leicester Street , situate
at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid, It so happened, that
the Bed in the Said Room, accidentally casually, and by Misfortune took
Fire, the Flame arising from which communicated to the Apparel of
her the Said Elizabeth Sealey< no role > , by Reason whereof, and from the Smoke
and Flames arising from the Said Five, She the Said Elizabeth Sealey< no role >
was then and there suffocated and burnt; of which Said Suffocation
and Burning she the Said Elizabeth Sealey< no role > there and also at a certain
Workhouse called Saint James's Workhouse at the Parish and in the
Liberty aforesaid did Languish, and Languishing did live untill the
First day of November in the Year aforesaid ; On which Said first day of
November, in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid
To Wit in Saint James's Workhouse there She the Said Elizabeth Sealey< no role >
of the Burning aforesaid did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say that the Said Elizabeth Sealey< no role > , in manner & by the means
aforesaid accidentally casually, and by Misfortune came to her Death, and not
otherwise In Witness whereof as well the Said Coroner as the Said John
Samuel< 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, and
Place above-written

Anth [..] Gell< no role > Coroner
John Samuel< no role > Foreman .