London Deposition of a Witness taken as London that
is to say at the Parish of Christchurch in the
Ward of Farringdon within in London
aforesaid this 1st. day of May 1799 on view of
the body of Thomas Chapman< no role > now here lying
Dead.

Charles Wilson< no role > A Prisoner in the Gaol of Newgate maketh
Oath that he hath known the deced Thomas Chapman< no role > about
four Months that he was a Prisoner in the said Gaol. That he
came into the Sick Ward where Dept. attends the 7th Janry last
ill with the Dropey and pain in his inside That he got
a little better within the Course of three Weeks and used to leave
the Ward in the Course of the Day and walk about That within
this last Month Leg of worne again and continued to get work
daily until Yesterday Noon when he departed this Life That
he was attended by the Surgeon of the Gaol during her illness

Sworn this 1st. day of May
1799 before me}

Charles Wilson< no role >