City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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9th July 1788 - 30th December 1788

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That he left Dept. house a little last 9 Monday morning
& Dept saw no more of him until after his death That Dept believes
the deced was discovered in his mind.

J Robertson

Moses Alsop< no role > of long Alley Moorfields Baker
maketh oath that he has known the deced many years & that
he commended the deced to the last Witness to lodge with him
Dept says the deced told him on last Thursday that he had been up
the Monument & had put his leg over the railing; Dept sayed for
Gold sake dead think of anything of that soot, Dept apprehending he
had meant to have thrown himself over Says the deced was very
dejected & melancholy

Moses Alsop< no role >

Margaret Mitchel< no role > This name instance is in set 4469. Servant to Mr. Cagnors
of No. 3 Martins lane London maketh oath that on Monday
last Dept bring on in her Masters Garret about 10 o'Clock she saw
two men on the Monument, one of them on the outside, that the other
man went towards him, but turned back & the deced afterwds. threw
himself off Says at this time the other man was out of sight & no
one was near the deced.

Margaret Mitchell< no role > This name instance is in set 4469.

Elizabeth< no role > Wife of the above named [..] James Robertson< no role >
maketh oath that while the deced boarded at her Husbands
he always when at Table tacker to himself, That his month and hands
were perpetually in motion; that he was remarkably dejected and
melancholy Dept often used to ray the man was crazy & Dept thos
that he was not right in his mind Dept says the deced told her he had
been upon the Monument & that if any person was minded So make [..]
with himself it was a good opportunity.

Eliza Robertson< no role >




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