Southwark

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the parish of Saint
Thomas within the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey on the twenty first day of
August in the thirty second year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord< no role > George the third by the
Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland Henry defender of the faith and so forth before
Thomas Shelton< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the City of London and Borough
of Southwark on view of the Body of David Chesterman< no role > now here lying dead by the Oath of Job
Carpenter , John Mitchell< no role > , Thomas Cox< no role > , Joshua Cubbidge< no role > , Thomas Hooper< no role > , John Lee< no role > , John
Johnson, Thomas Hulme< no role > , Richard Patridge< no role > , Thomas Crooks< no role > , James Bramston< no role > ,
John Morgan< no role > , Josiah Colvell, Robert Martin< no role > , and Martin Stott good and lawful men of
the Borough of Southwark aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for
our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said David Chesterman< no role > came to his
death say upon their Oath that the said David Chesterman< no role > on the fifteenth day of August
on the year aforesaid being confined in the Watch house of the said parish of Saint Thomas< no role >
within the Borough aforesaid in the County aforesaid charged with a certain felony and not
being of sound mind memory and understanding but lunatic and distracted with a certain
small penknife of the value of two pence which he in his right hand had and held the neck and
throat of himself the said David Chesteman< no role > with the penknife aforesaid did then and there
vidently but giving to himself the said David Chesteman< no role > with the Knife aforesaid one
mortal Wound in and upon the throat of him the said David Chesteman< no role > of which
said mortal Wound he the said David Chesteman< no role > from the said fifteenth day of August
to the [..] nineteenth day of the same month did languish and languishing did live on which
said nineteenth day of August in the year aforesaid the said David Chesterman< no role > at the parish [..] aforesaid in the County
aforesaiddid dieof the said mortal wound did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say that the said David Chesterman< no role > not being of sound mind memory and 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 Job Carpenter< no role > the foreman of the said
Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in their Presence have to this Inquisition at their
hands and seals the day year and place first abovewritten.

Job Carpenter [mark] Foreman