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. Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty fourth day of June 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
George Fisher< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John Reeves< no role > ,
William Grandpre< no role > , Thomas Hays< no role > , Richard Clark< no role > , Joseph Squires< no role > , Richard Kilsby< no role > ,
Martin Stevens< no role > , William Woodly< no role > , George Newinburgh< no role > , Robert Bunce< no role > , John Nusent< no role > , William
Cole< no role > , Joseph Ross< no role > and Richard Knowles< 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 George Fisher< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said George Fisher< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
on the Twenty third day of June in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish
aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain
piece of small Cord unto an Iron Hook fastened into Wall in the Lodging
room or Apartment of him the said George Fisher< no role > , in the Dwelling House
of Peter Matthias< no role > situate in Green Street in the said Parish Liberty and
County, and the other End thereof about his own Neck, did fix tye and
fasten, and therewith did then and there hang suffocate and strangle
himself, of which said Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the said
George Fisher< no role > then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say, that the said George Fisher< no role > , not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, in Manner
and by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof
as well the said Coroner, as the said John Reeves< 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

Jn Reeves< no role > Foreman