City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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4th January 1771 - 26th December 1771

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some Balm Tea which Dept. did and Deced drank
some of it, Says that Deced afterwards desired this
Dept. to make her some other Tea, and gave Dept. Money
to pay for it, Says that shedidwent to makeand givethe Deced
that Tea, but Deced died, before it was ready, Says that
she had left aCupSaucer full of the Balm Tea by the Bed side
and when she went into the Deced's Room again
she found theCupSaucer Empty, and a small Quantity of
something White around it which Dept. thought to be
Sugar, Says that the Deced was very dry and
wanted her Tea before Dept. could make it, Says
that the Deced died yesterday between five and Six
o ' Clock in the Afternoon, and Dept. believes that she
died a natural Death.

Elizabeth Allen< no role >
[mark]
her Mark.

Ann Young< no role > a Prisoner on her Oath saith That
she was brought to this Prison on Friday last, That
the Deced was brought there last Monday afternoon
and appeared to be much Shocked with the place,
Says that the Deced brought a Bottle with some Ale
into the Bed chamber that Night and that she lay with Dept.
that she vomited and Purged much that Night
and lay in Bed all the next day, that her Disorder
increased that Night, and the next Morning being Wednesday
was removed to a low Room, where she had some
Tea made for her, Says that the Governor's Maid-
-Servant came to Dept. yesterday Morning and
told her that she must go before a Justice which
shocked the Deced so much that she was afterwards
unable to move herself, That she died yesterday
in the Afternoon in said Prison, and Dept. believes that the Deced died a
natural Death, and that the Deced was not ill
used by any Prison in said Prison

Ann Young< no role >

Severally Sworn the Day Year &
Place abovementioned before me}

Tho Prickard< no role > Coroner .




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