City and Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middlesex
}
to Wit.
An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Parish of St. Margaret in the City of Westminster
, within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of
the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster
in the County of Middlesex
, the Twentieth day
of April
in the fourth 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
Thomas
Prickard< no role >
Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King, for the said City and Liberty, on view
of the Body of
Hannah Walker< no role >
then and there lying Dead, upon the Oath of
Joseph
Kettlewell< no role >
,
George Williamson< no role >
,
Samuel Vaughan< no role >
,
John Atkins< no role >
,
George Davis< no role >
,
George Tullock< no role >
,
Thomas Wilcox< no role >
,
Richard Beckford< no role >
,
John Bunce< no role >
,
Thomas Lamb< no role >
,
Thomas Walker< no role >
,
John Graham< no role >
,
Joseph Woolford< no role >
,
Thomas Fisher< no role >
,
John Blatch< no role > This name instance is in set 2765.
,
Henry Norris< no role >
,
William Mumby< no role >
,
Thomas Carder< no role >
,
John Crosley< no role >
&
Anthony Satchell< no role >
, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty
duly choosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord
the King, when, how, and by what Means the said
Hannah Walker< no role >
came to her Death,
do upon their Oath say, That the said
Hannah Walker< no role >
not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the Nineteenth day of April
in the Year
aforesaid, within the City and Liberty aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, one End of a certain
piece of Linnen Tape, used for Apron Strings, over a Closet Door in the Lodging Room or
Apartment of her the said
Hannah Walker< no role >
in the Dwelling House of
Thomas Davies< no role >
situate
and being in Orchard Street in the said Parish City Liberty and County, and the other End
thereof about her own Neck, did fix tye and fasten, and therewith did then and there hang
suffocate and strangle herself, of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the said
Hannah
Walker< no role >
then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
Hannah Walker< no role >
, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distract
in manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill herself. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said
Joseph Kettlewell< no role >
Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the
rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the
Day Year and Place first above written
Tho. Prickard< no role >
[mark]
Coroner
.
Joseph Kettlewell< no role >
[mark]
Foreman