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 Clement Danes
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Nineteenth day of October in the Thirteenth 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
William Whitecraft< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas
Elliston< no role > , George Parish< no role > , Daniel Cross< no role > , Busel Mandow< no role > , Richard Farmer< no role > , James
Holl< no role > , Samuel Totty< no role > , John Lloyd< no role > , William Johns< no role > , John Allen< no role > , John Short< no role > , and
John Dent< 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
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Whitecraft, not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted,
on the Eighteenth day of October in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in
the Liberty and County aforesaid, one End of a certain Piece of small Cord
unto a large Nail or Spike drove unto the Wall in the Lodging room or
Apartment of him the said William Whitecraft in the Dwelling House
of John Sowerby< no role > situate and being in Shire Lane in the Parish and
in the Liberty and County aforesaid, 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 William Whitecraft then and
there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
say, that the said William Whitecraft, not being of sound Mind Memory
and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and by
the Means aforesaid, did hill himself In Witness whereof as
well the said Coroner, as the said Thomas Elliston< 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

Thomas Elliston< no role > [mark] Foreman