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 Eighth day of February in the Eleventh 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
Elizabeth Kirkham< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Charles
Carey< no role > John Brown< no role > , John Willyson< no role > , Casper Coldyee< no role > , John Cock< no role > , William Bond< no role > ,
Henry Cox< no role > , John Stowers< no role > , William Williams< no role > , Nathaniel Skeate< no role > , John Hill< no role > ,
Joseph Smith< no role > and Joseph Mutlowe< no role > , good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, 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 Elizabeth Kirkham< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Elizabeth Kirkham, not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on the
Seventh day of February in the Year aforesaid, one End of a certain piece
of small Cord unto the Iron Rails Fixed upon the Park Wall in Princes Court
in the Parish aforesaid within the City Liberty, and County aforesaid,
and the other End thereof about her own Neck, did fix bye and fasten,
and therewith did then and there hang suffocate and strangle herself
of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling she the said Elizabeth
Kirkham then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Elizabeth Kirkham, not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted
in Manner and by the [..] aforesaid did hill herself
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Charles
Carey< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest
of his 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 > Coroner

Chas. Carey< no role > Foreman