City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
In the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the House of Mr. Howard Sign of the Angel in Heden Street Court Swallow Street Parish of St. James
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 July 1794 in the thirty fourth
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 Robert Tilling< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written and
Seals a Fixed
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 Robert Tilling< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say that the said Robert Tilling< no role > not being of sound Mind
Memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted on the fifth day of July in
the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid, One End of a Leather
Strap unto the Bed Post in the Lodging Room or Apartment of him the said Robert
Tilling< no role > situate and being in Heden Court aforesaid and the other End these of about his own
Neck did fix the and faster and there with did then and there hang, suffocate and
strangle himself; Of which said hanging, Suffocation and Strangling he the
said Robert Tilling< no role > then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that, the said Robert Tilling< no role > not being
of sound Mind, Memory and Understanding but lunatic and distracted
in manner and by the Means aforesaid did Kill himself In
Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors have
to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the day Year and
Place first above mentioned.

Anthy Gell< no role >
Coroner }

David Marshall< no role >
Mr Brown
Barnaby Smith< no role >
Charles Pinnot< no role >
David Edwards< no role >

Benjamin Phillips< no role >
William Hedges< no role >
Wm Hawkridge< no role >
William Napier< no role >
Robert Smith< no role >
Joseph Clout< no role >

Francis Gratland< no role >
John Bedford< no role >