City and Liberty
of Westminster
,
in the County of
Middlesex
,}
to wit.
An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the House of
Thos. Jones< no role >
the Sign of the Bricklayers Arms
Duke street
Grosvenor Square
of St. George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster
, in the County of Middlesex
, the twenty fourth day of January 1797
in the thirty Seventh 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
Anthony Gell< no role >
, Esq.
Coroner
of our said Lord the King for the said City
and Liberty, on View of the Body of
Mary Danby< no role >
aged about two Years then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
Seals affixed, 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
Mary Danby< no role >
came to her Death do upon
their Oath say that the said
Mary Danby< no role >
on the seventh day of
January in the Year aforesaid at the parish & in the Liberty
aforesaid then & there being alone in a certain room It
so happened that the Cloths which she the said
Mary
Danby< no role >
then & there had on her Body accidentally
Casually & by Misfortune took fire by Means
whereof & from the smoke & Flame arising from
the said fire she the said
Mary Danby< no role >
was
then & there suffocated & burnt of which said
Suffocation & Burning she the said
Mary Danby< no role >
on the twenty first day January in the Year aforesaid
died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say that the said
Mary Dunby< no role >
in
manner & by the Means aforesaid Accidentally casually
& by Misfortune came to her death & not otherwise
IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the day, Year, and Place first above written.
Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner
}
Davd: Wernham< no role >
Michis Barthol< no role >
John Wright< no role >
Dent
Wm Suppersor
Thos. Mann< no role >
Wm Ashley< no role >
R Payer
James Price< no role >
James Badcock< no role >
Thomas James< no role >
John Blair< no role >
James Wiseman< no role >
John Strachan< no role >
Adam Puteham< no role >