<div1 type="CO_ICpage" id="LMCOIC65102IC651020527"> <xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="LMCOIC651020527"></xptr>
<p n="2649"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2760">MIDDLESEX</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2760" type="placeName" value="MIDDLESEX"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2760" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
(To wit)}</note>
<lb></lb>
AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2761">Saint Mary White Chapell</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2761" type="placeName" value="Saint Mary White Chapell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2761" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in the County of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2762">Middlesex</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2762" type="placeName" value="Middlesex"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2762" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, the <rs type="date" id="LMCOIC65102_date451">third Day of March in the twenty Sixth Year of the Reign of<lb></lb>
our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_date451" type="date" value="17860303"></interp>
, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and<lb></lb>
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-2">Thomas Phillips</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-2" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-2" type="surname" value="Phillips"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-3">John Nixon</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-3" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-3" type="surname" value="Nixon"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-4">John Rogers</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-4" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-4" type="surname" value="Rogers"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-5">Benjamin Rice</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-5" type="given" value="Benjamin"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-5" type="surname" value="Rice"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-5" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-6">Thomas Bedwell</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-6" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-6" type="surname" value="Bedwell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-6" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-7">John Hammond</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-7" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-7" type="surname" value="Hammond"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-7" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, Nathaniel Reddington William<lb></lb>
Swan Joseph Flamstone <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-8">William Clarke</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-8" type="given" value="William"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-8" type="surname" value="Clarke"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-8" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-9">Samuel Monk</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-9" type="given" value="Samuel"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-9" type="surname" value="Monk"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-9" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Charles, Meyers <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-10">Thomas Mole</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-10" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-10" type="surname" value="Mole"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-10" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-11">Richard Thompson</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-11" type="given" value="Richard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-11" type="surname" value="Thompson"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-11" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly<lb></lb>
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-12">John Nixon</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-12" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-12" type="surname" value="Nixon"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-12" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
came to his<lb></lb>
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-13">John Nixon</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-13" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-13" type="surname" value="Nixon"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-13" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
not being of sound Mind, Memory<lb></lb>
and understanding but Lunatic and distracted on the second Day of March in the Year aforesaid<lb></lb>
at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2763">Saint John Hackney</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2763" type="placeName" value="Saint John Hackney"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2763" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in the County aforesaid One End of a piece of String to the<lb></lb>
Trigger of a Gun loaded with Gun powder and Two Leaden Bullets and the other End thereof to the<lb></lb>
Foot Post of a Bed did fix, tye and fasten And the said Gun to at and against the Body of<lb></lb>
him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-15">John Nixon</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-15" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-15" type="surname" value="Nixon"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-15" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
did then and there shoot off and discharge thereby then and there giving<lb></lb>
unto himself with the Leaden Bulletts aforesaid so shot off and discharged out of the said Gun<lb></lb>
by Force of the Gun powder aforesaid One Mortal Wound in and upon the Right Side of the<lb></lb>
Belly which penetrated through the Back of him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-16">John Nixon</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-16" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-16" type="surname" value="Nixon"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-16" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Of which said mortal<lb></lb>
wound he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-17">John Nixon</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-17" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-17" type="surname" value="Nixon"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-17" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
from the said second day of March in the Year aforesaid<lb></lb>
untill the Third Day of the same month in the same Year at the Parish aforesaid in the<lb></lb>
County aforesaid And also at the Parish of Saint Mary White Chapell in the County aforesaid<lb></lb>
to wit in a certain Hospital there situate called <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2764">The London Hospital</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2764" type="placeName" value="The London Hospital"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_geo2764" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
did Languish and<lb></lb>
Languishing did live on which said third Day of March in the Year aforesaid he the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-19">John Nixon</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-19" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-19" type="surname" value="Nixon"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-19" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
at the<del>Parish</del>
Hospital aforesaid in the County aforesaid of the Mortal Wound aforesaid<lb></lb>
did Die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said John<lb></lb>
Nixon not being of sound Mind, Memory and understanding but Lunatic and distracted<lb></lb>
in manner and by the means aforesaid did kill himself<lb></lb>
IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2649-21">John Rogers</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-21" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-21" type="surname" value="Rogers"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2649-21" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in<lb></lb>
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first<lb></lb>
above written.</p>
<p n="2650"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2650-1">Thos. Phillips</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2650-1" type="given" value="Thos"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2650-1" type="surname" value="Phillips"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2650-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65102_occ628">Coroner</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_occ628" type="occupation" value="Coroner"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2650-2">John Rogers</rs>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2650-2" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2650-2" type="surname" value="Rogers"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCOIC65102_n2650-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Foreman</p>
</div1>

View as Text