City and Liberty
of Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Twenty
fifth day of July 1781 at Knight bridge
in the Parish of St. Margaret Westmr.
in the County of Midsex upon an
Inquisition touching the death of
Frances Houghton< no role > lying dead in the
said Parish Liberty and County.

William Mason< no role > a Grenadier in the Second
Troop of Horse, on his Oath saith That
about Quarter after six o'Clock this
Morning Dept. was walking in Hyde Park
by the side of the Serpentine River, when
he saw the Body of a Woman floating upon
the water in the Serpentine River,
about fifteen or twenty Yards from the
Shore in the Parish of St. Margaret Westmr
Says that a Man brought a Boat there
and Dept. went into it and pulled the
Deced to the Shore in the said Parish
of St Margaret Westmr. Says that she was
dead and appeared to have been
Drowned some time, Says that she bled
at the Nose and Mouth, but that he
observed no Marks of violence upon her

W. Mason

Mary Ratty< no role > Cook to Captn . Robert Lambert< no role >
in lower Brook Street Grosveror Square
on her Oath saith that Frances Houghton< no role >
the Deced her lived in the same Family about
Four Years, Says that the Deced was naturally
love Spirited, and of a Melancholy
Disposition and uneasy in her Mind.
Says that the Deced appeared to be ill
last