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

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Dwelling House of Michael Appleby< no role > the Sign of the Crown in Green Street Leicester Fields parish
of St Martin in ye Field
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the seventeenth day of January 1795 in the thirty fifth
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 Maria Palmer< no role > an Infant then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of the several Jurors where Names are hereunder written and
Seals affixed
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 Maria Palmer< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say that the said Maria Palmer< no role > on the sixteenth day of
January in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid To Wit
in the Lodging Room or Apartment of her Mother at No. 6 in Green Street there
being alone, It so happened that the Cloaths or Apparel which she the said
Maria Palmer< no role > then & there had on her Body accidentally, casually and by
Misfortune took fire, by Mason whereof and from the Smoke and flame
arising from the said fire she the said Maria Palmer< no role > was then and there suffocated
and burnt: Of which said Suffocation and Burning, she the said Maria
Palmer< no role > then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Maria Palmer< no role > in manner
and 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 Jurors have to this Inquisition set
their hands and Seals the day, year and place first above
written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }

Joshua Edward< no role >
Forman
Wm. Cockham< no role >
Geo [..] wit
[..] mand

David Stephens< no role >
Hugh May< no role >
Chas Woodward< no role >
Richd. Davis< no role >
Mr. Bre [..]
Saml Gregory< no role >

James Sheriff< no role >
George Shaffer< no role >
Good [..] Jackman
James Tansey< no role >
Samuel Andrews< no role >
Jno Fleetham< no role >
Peter Hay< no role >