<div1 type="CW_ICpage" id="WACWIC65213IC652130574"> <xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="WACWIC652130574"></xptr>
<p n="1864"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1457">City & Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westmr</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1457" type="placeName" value="City & Libertyof Westmr"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1457" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
. in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1458">County of Middlesex</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1458" type="placeName" value="County of Middlesex"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1458" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
}</note>
<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65213_date371">Sixteenth<lb></lb>
day of September 1773</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_date371" type="date" value="17730916"></interp>
at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1459">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
John the Evangelist</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1459" type="placeName" value="Parish of St.John the Evangelist"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1459" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
within the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1460">Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westminster</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1460" type="placeName" value="Liberty ofWestminster"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1460" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1461">County of Middlesex</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1461" type="placeName" value="County of Middlesex"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1461" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
upon an<lb></lb>
Inquisition touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1864-1">William<lb></lb>
Mackreth</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1864-1" type="given" value="William"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1864-1" type="surname" value="Mackreth"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1864-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
lying dead in the said Parish Liberty<lb></lb>
and County.</p>
<p n="1865"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1865-1">Samuel Musgrave</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-1" type="given" value="Samuel"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-1" type="surname" value="Musgrave"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65213_occ437">Horsekeeper</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_occ437" type="occupation" value="Horsekeeper"></interp>
to William<lb></lb>
Mackreth the Deced, Line Merchant in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1462">Mill Bank</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1462" type="placeName" value="Mill Bank"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1462" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
Street in the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1463">St. John the Evengelist Westmr</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1463" type="placeName" value="St. John the Evengelist Westmr"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_geo1463" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
. on his Oath saith, That he<lb></lb>
has lived with the Deced about Eleven Years, That the<lb></lb>
Deced about six o'Clock this Morning standing at his<lb></lb>
Accounting House Door called to Dept. and desired him to bring<lb></lb>
out the Horse for his Clerk <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1865-2">John Henley</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-2" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-2" type="surname" value="Henley"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
to ride out upon<lb></lb>
which Dept. did and said Henley rode out, Says that<lb></lb>
about a Quarter of an hour after he saw thro' the<lb></lb>
window the Deced standing at his Desk in the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Parlour<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
and looking into the Desk, Says that in about<lb></lb>
Ten Minutes Dept. was going to call up <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1865-4">william Scott</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-4" type="given" value="william"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-4" type="surname" value="Scott"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n1865-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
a Lad and Passing by the Deced's Kitchin Door which<lb></lb>
was open, he looked in and saw the Deced Hanging<lb></lb>
by a small Cord which was tied around his Neck with<lb></lb>
a running Knot and fastened to an Iron Kook drove<lb></lb>
into the Wooden Beam in the Kitchen, the Deced's<lb></lb>
Right too resting upon or being very near a Table that<lb></lb>
stood in the Middle of the Kitchen and his Left foot<lb></lb>
Hanging down, Says that to called two or three of<lb></lb>
his fellow Servants who come immediately and hold<lb></lb>
the Deced up while this Dept. with his Knife out the<lb></lb>
Cord by which the Deced was hanging, and Deced was<lb></lb>
laid down upon the Floor, appearing to Dept. to be<lb></lb>
dead, says that Mr. Perrott was fetched, who said<lb></lb>
that the Deced was dead and did not there bleed him,<lb></lb>
Says that he saw no Person in the Kitchen or<lb></lb>
any</p>
</div1>

View as Text