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 William Buckland< no role > the Sign of the Bill in Upper Mount Street Parish of St. 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 twenty first day of April 1796
in the thirty Sixth 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 Frances Gardner< no role > then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under 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 Frances Gardner came to h er Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Frances Gardner not being of Sound Mind Memory
and Understanding but lunatic and distracted on the twentieth day of April in
the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid on end of a
certain Window Line or Clock Line unto an Iron Hook or Staple fastened into
the beiling in the Lodging room or Apartment of her the said Frances Gardner
in Street's Buildings, and the other end thereof about her own Neck did fix tye and
fasten and therewith did then and there hang Suffocate and Strangle herself
of which said hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the said Frances
Gardner then and there instantly died. And So the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Frances
Gardner, not being of sound Mind Memory & understanding
but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the Means
aforesaid did Kill herself

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inqusition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }
Bm Musgrave< no role >
Jas. Brittain< no role >
John Dossett< no role >
Ewd. Steward< no role >
Thos Groner< no role > [..]

John Welm< no role >
Tho [..] Reeve< no role >
Saml. Shipporson< no role >
Benjn Noon< no role >
the [..]
Wm Varnell< no role >

Jas. Badcock< no role > [..]
John Harding< no role >
William Devis< no role >
Thomas White< no role >