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 Fourteenth day of June in the Thirtieth
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 Mary Steel< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Samuel Hawes< no role > , John Barker< no role > , Henry Hill< no role > , Thomas
Franklin< no role > , Richard White< no role > , Edward Hughes< no role > , William Frazier< no role >
Edward Witherington< no role > , William Thompson< no role > , James Squibb< no role > , Dixon
Strachan< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. , Thomas Bandy< no role > , William Langstaff< no role > , Isaac Wright< no role > , Beece
Morgan and David Myers< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Mary Steel< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Mary Steel< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted
on the Eleventh day of June in the Year aforesaid, out of and through a
certain Window in the Dwelling House of Dr. William Rowley< no role > situate in
Saville Row, at the said Parish of Saint James within the Liberty and
County aforesaid, at the Heighth of three Story's unto the Ground, did cast and
throw herself by means whereof the said Mary Steel< no role > did then and there
receive divers mortal Fractures and Bruises in and upon the left Thigh
and left Ancle of her the said Mary Steel< no role > of which said mortal Fractures
and Bruises she the said Mary Steel< no role > then and there instantly died.
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon theirs Oath aforesaid do say, that the
said Mary Steel< no role > not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding
but Lunatic and distracted in manner and by the means aforesaid did
kill herself

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said Samuel Hawes Foreman at 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

Saml. Hawes< no role > [mark] Foreman