Middlesex ,
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An Inquisition intended taken for our Sovereign Lord the KING at the Dwelling House Mr. Cdesknown by the Sign of the White Bear
Eyre Street Hill in the Par of Saint Andrew Holborn above Bart in the County of Middlesex , the Seventh Day of April in the 25th 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, Etc. before Edward Umfreville< no role > Esquire one of the Coroners of our said Lord
the KING, for the said County, on view of the body George Hammond< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas Bushby< no role > , William Bell< no role >
Joseph Wells< no role > , Thomas Griffith< no role > , John Williams< no role > , Joseph Pearson< no role > , Richard Johnson< no role > , Thomas Thomson< no role >
Archibald White< no role > , William Carder, Luke Freeman< no role > , Joseph Bush< no role > , James Smith< no role > , Robert Freeman< no role > , Peter Neal< no role >
James Berridge< no role > , William Johnson< no role > , Peter Granville< no role > , Paul Parris< no role > , and John Bailey< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law required, and 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 George Hammond< no role >
came to h is Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said George Hammond< no role >
not being of Sound mind memory and understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the fourth day of
April in the Year aforesaid one end of a Certain piece of a small hempen Cord of the Value of
one half penny unto a Step of a Certain Stair Case in the Dwelling House of one David Bird Situate in the
Parish and County aforesaid and the other end thereof about his own Neck did fix, tie and fasten and
therewith the Hempen Cord aforesaid did then and there hand Suffocate and Strangle himself of which
said Hanging Suffocating and Strangling he the said George Hammond< no role > did then and there instantly
die, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said George Hammond< 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, Thomas Bushby< 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 set their
Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned

E:Umfreville [mark] Coronr.

Thos. Busby [mark] Foreman