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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Sixth day of June in the Fourteenth 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,
Corner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
William Barron< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Lewis
Sulsh< no role > , John Hill< no role > , William Gilroy< no role > , Richard Sherman< no role > , William Smith< no role >
Thomas Rickaby< no role > , William Rawlins< no role > , James Bowyer< no role > , John Lane< no role > , John Gilleot< no role > , William
Clark< no role > , Henry Banting< no role > and Richard Ralph< 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 William Barron< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Barron< no role > , not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted,
on the Fourth day of June in the Year aforesaid, on End of a certain
Linnen Handkerchief unto an Iron Spike fastened into the Wainscot in
the Lodging Room of the said William Barron< no role > in th Dwelling House of
Alexander Clarke< no role > situate in Orchard Street in the Parish aforesaid within
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
suffocated and Strangle himself, of which said Hanging Suffocation
and Strangling he the [..]
died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say,
that the said William Barron< 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 Lewis Sulsh< 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

Lewis SulshForeman