WESTMINSTER
CHAPTER MUNIMENTS
Mary Eggleston< no role >
on her Oath saith that She has lodged
in the Room with Deced for three weeks last past,
Says that she lay with Deced on Friday Night last, and
got up on Saturday Morning between Seven and Eight
o'Clock and went out leaving the Deced sitting up in Bed
with her Pottment over her Shoulders, Says that she sinclar locked
the Room Door and left the Key in the Door on the outside
Says that as she went down Stairs she heard somebody (which
She believes to be the Deced) take the Key out of the Door
and immediately after lock the Door again, This Dept.
says that she returned about ten o'Clock the same Night
and found the Room Door locked, says that she called
Several times but had no Answer, and then Went down
to her Sister who lodged on the First Floor, Says that yesterday
Morning between Nine and ten o'Clock this Dept. being
uneasy, together with Mr. Adams and Mr. Adams, looked
thro a Lattice over Deced's Room Door and saw her
Stays upon the Bed and some of her Cloaths upon the Floor
and her Snuff Cox upon the Table, which made them
think that Deced was in the Room, Says that about
Eleven oClock Mr. Bucknell (who keeps the House) came
up Stairs and forced open the Deced's Room Door, which
was locked, Says that she saw the Deced lye on the
Floor in a Closet in the Room with a Cord about her
Neck, and Dept. believes that she was then Dead
Mary Eggleston< no role >
Alexander Scholar< no role >
of Bond Street
in the Parish of
St. George
Hanover Square
Linnen draper
on his Oath
saithsaith,That he has known the Deced from her
Childhood
, Says that she was at times greatly distressed
and that he frequently relieved her, and Says that
the Deced has for many Years last past been disordered
in her Senses.
Alex Scholar< no role >
Severally Sworn the Day Year & Place abovementioned
before me Tho. Prickard< no role >
Coroner
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