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 January in the twenty ninth
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 George Matthews< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of William Oliver< no role > , Richard Sarrah< no role > John Burrows< no role >
William Wilson< no role > , Stephen Hutson< no role > , John Herrick< no role > , Robert
Pettilow< no role > , Benjamin Rutland< no role > , William Brown< no role > , Samuel Milliner< no role >
John Fife< no role > and John Watson< 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 George Matthew< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said George Matthew< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and
distracted on the fourth day of January in the year aforesaid one End
of a certain Piece of Cord unto an Iron Staple fastened in one of the
wooden Joysts in the Ceiling in the Lodging Room or Apartment of
him the said George Matthews< no role > in the Dwelling House of Walter Cross< no role >
situate and being in Angel Court in the said Parish of St. Margaret
within the Liberty and County aforesaid and the other and thereof about
his own neck did fit tie and fasten and therewith did then and there
hang suffocate and strangle himself of Which did then and there
Suffocation and strangling he the said George Matthews< no role > then and
there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say that said George Matthews< no role > Ibeing 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 William Oliver< 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

William OliverForeman