City & Liberty
of Westmr . in the
County of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Sixteenth
day of September 1773 at the Parish of St.
John the Evangelist within the Liberty of
Westminster in the County of Middlesex upon an
Inquisition touching the death of William
Mackreth< no role > lying dead in the said Parish Liberty
and County.

Samuel Musgrave< no role > Horsekeeper to William
Mackreth the Deced, Line Merchant in Mill Bank Street in the Parish
of St. John the Evengelist Westmr . on his Oath saith, That he
has lived with the Deced about Eleven Years, That the
Deced about six o'Clock this Morning standing at his
Accounting House Door called to Dept. and desired him to bring
out the Horse for his Clerk John Henley< no role > to ride out upon
which Dept. did and said Henley rode out, Says that
about a Quarter of an hour after he saw thro' the
window the Deced standing at his Desk in the [..] Parlour
[..] and looking into the Desk, Says that in about
Ten Minutes Dept. was going to call up william Scott< no role >
a Lad and Passing by the Deced's Kitchin Door which
was open, he looked in and saw the Deced Hanging
by a small Cord which was tied around his Neck with
a running Knot and fastened to an Iron Kook drove
into the Wooden Beam in the Kitchen, the Deced's
Right too resting upon or being very near a Table that
stood in the Middle of the Kitchen and his Left foot
Hanging down, Says that to called two or three of
his fellow Servants who come immediately and hold
the Deced up while this Dept. with his Knife out the
Cord by which the Deced was hanging, and Deced was
laid down upon the Floor, appearing to Dept. to be
dead, says that Mr. Perrott was fetched, who said
that the Deced was dead and did not there bleed him,
Says that he saw no Person in the Kitchen or
any