City and Liberty
of Westminster
,
In the County of
Middlesex
,}
to wit.
An Inquisition Intended, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the House of Thomas Davis< no role >
the Sign of the Marquis of Granby
in Bridge Street
at Knightsbridge
in the 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 eleventh day of August 1798
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 Isabella Mitchell 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 Isabella Mitchell< no role >
came to h er Death, do upon
their Oath say that the saud Isabella Mitchell< no role >
not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding but lunatic
and distracted on the tenth day of
August in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid one end
of a certain Piece of small Cord lastened into the Bed post and the head of the bed
in the Lodging room or Apartment of her the said Isabella Mitchell and the
there and thereof about her own neck did fix tye and fasten & therewith
did then and there hang suffocate and Strangle herself of Which
said hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the said Isabella
Mitchell< no role >
then and there instantly died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon Oath aforesaid do say that
the said Isabella Mitchell< no role >
not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding but lunatic & 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 Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
Anthy Gell< no role >
Coroner
William Deanler< no role >
John Borthey< no role >
James Mainswary< no role >
Willm Jury< no role >
Thos Medley< no role >
Thos White< no role >
Joseph Ashtley< no role >
Geor Bentton< no role >
Geo. Hammett< no role >
James Godd< no role >
Willm Blore< no role >
James Barnes< no role >
Wm Sibey< no role >
Tho Hartley< no role >