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 James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Eighteenth day of September in the twenty eighth
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 Susanna Thornton then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of William Giles< no role > , Thomas Blancket< no role > , Samuel Aldhouse< no role >
John Cowley< no role > , Christopher Tribe< no role > , Joseph Jacob< no role > Richard Steary< no role >
Samuel Werrington< no role > , John Mosey< no role > , Richard Chalks< no role > , Solomon Carr< no role >
John Lard< no role > , James Born< no role > , James Thomas< no role > , Christopher, Palmer< no role >
and John Geddes< 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 Susanna Thornton< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Susanna Thornton on the
said Eighteenth day of September in the year aforesaid, at the said
Parish of St. James within the Liberty and County aforesaid, departed
this life by excessive drinking, and not from any hert Injury or
Violence, done or committed by John Thornton< no role > , Husband of the
said Susanna Thornton or any other Person whatsoever, to the
knowledge of the said Jurors.

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said William Giles 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
W. Giles [mark] Foreman< no role >