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 Edward Spice< no role > the Sign of the Feathers in Dean Street Parish
of St. Margaret within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster , in the County of Middlesex , the twenty ninth day of December 1797
in the thirty eighth 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 Neil Stephenson< 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 Neil Stephenson came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Neil Stephenson not being of sound Mind
Memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted on the
said twenty ninth day of December in the year aforesaid at the
Parish and in the liberty aforesaid To Wit into the River Thames
there did cast and throw himself by [..] Means of which said Casting
and Throwing he the said Neil Stephenson in the Waters of the
said River was then and there suffocated and drowned: of which
said Suffocation and Drowning he the said Neil Stephenson
then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the
said Neil Stephenson not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding but lunatic & 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 Inqusition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }
John Silk< no role >
F, Penn
John Taylor< no role >
John Whitlock< no role >
Jas Rock< no role >
Benjm. Nokes< no role >

James Freeman< no role >
Ambrose Maddox< no role >
John Mortimore< no role >
Joseph Thorne< no role >
W Renton
Saml. Ward< no role >
Jos Bowley< no role >
James Puzey< no role >
John Hendrew< no role >

Joshua Thomas< no role >