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 Henry Stiles< no role > the Sign of the Kings Arms Little George Street Parish of Saint
Margaret within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster , in the County of Middlesex , the eighteenth day of July 1797
in the thirty seventh 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 Richard Crowe< 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 Richard Crowe came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Richard Crowe not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding but lunatic and distracted on the
said eighteenth day of July in the Year aforesaid at the Parish
and in the Liberty aforesaid, one end of a certain Piece of small
Cord unto an Iron Staple fastened into the Wainscott in the Bed Room
of him the said Richard Crowe in the Dwelling House of the Lord
Bishop of Bangor in Great George Street within the Liberty & County
aforesaid and the other end thereof about his own Neck did fix
tye and fasten and therewith did then & there hang suffocate and
strangle himself; Of which said hanging Suffocation and
Strangling he the said Richard Crowe then and there
instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
Richard Crowe not being of sound Mind Memory &
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 written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }

John Count< no role >
Thomas Watson< no role >
Joseph Brooks< no role >
John Oram< no role >
John Blasdon< no role >

The [mark] Mark
of John Morris< no role >

The [mark] Mark
of Wm. Thomas< no role >

Richd. Mansell< no role >
Thos Tipton< no role >
Thos Cooper< no role >
George Forestier< no role >
Chas Chance< no role >
John Thoms< no role >

George Wise< no role >
Thos Williams< no role >
Thos Stone< no role >
Francis Wright< no role >
John Sellers< no role >
Wllm Ottm [..]

Robert Smith< no role >
James Smith< no role > his mark [mark]