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 Saint Anne
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty Sixth 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
Mary Austin< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Benjamin
Wood< no role > , John Hunt< no role > , William Tall< no role > , John Williams< no role > , Richard Aynge< no role > , William
Wankline< no role > , Isaac Troakes< no role > , William Fitch< no role > , William Conaway< no role > , Robert Hogg< no role > , David
Evans< no role > , Peter Balchen< no role > and Francis Delaballe< 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 Mary Austin< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Mary Austin< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
on the said Twenty sixth day of February in the Year aforesaid,
from and out of a certain Garret Window, then and there being
in the Dwelling House of her the said Mary Austin< no role > , situate in
Dean Street in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
aforesaid, to the Ground, did violently cast and throw himself, to and
against the Stone Pavement in the said Street; by Means of which
said casting and throwing she the said Mary Austin< no role > did then and
there receive divers mortal Bruises and Fractures in and upon
the Back, Breast and Sides of her the said Mary Austin< no role > , of
which said mortal Bruises and Fractures she the said Mary
Austin< no role > then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Mary Austin< no role > , not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and
distracted, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did kill herself.
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said Benjamin
Wood< 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 > [mark] Coroner
Benj. [mark] Wood< no role >
Foreman.