London

Thomas Shelton< no role >
Corr. [mark]

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to say
at the parish of Saint Mary Abchurch in the Ward of Candlewick in London aforesaid
on the twenty fourth day of September in the thirty sixth 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 Shelton< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King
for the City of London and Borough of Southwark on view of the body of George Lancaster< no role >
now here lying dead by the oath of Joseph Wilson< no role > William James< no role > Richard Moss< no role > John Morris< no role >
Joseph Humpleby< no role > James Lavington< no role > Daniel Grimble< no role > Thomas Ellis< no role > Thomas Fogg< no role > John Judd
Samuel Ireland< no role > William Noyes< no role > Timothy Bourne< no role > Edward Eyre< no role > Sampson Dickenson William
Martin Samuel< no role > Turner and Charles Garnons good and lawful men of the City of London
aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord
the King when how and in what manner the said George Lancaster< no role > came to his death
say upon their oath that the said George Lancaster< no role > not being of Sound Mind memory and
understanding but lunatic and distracted the twenty third day of September in the year aforesaid
at the parish and Ward aforesaid in London aforesaid a certain pistol of the value of twelve
pence loaded with gunpowder and a leaden bullet which he the said George Lancaster< no role > in his
right hand then and there had and held to at and against the breast of him the said George
Lancaster did then and there shoot off and discharge giving to himself then and there with the
leaden bullet aforesaid so shot off and discharged from the said pistol by forcr of the gun powder aforesaid
one mortal wound in and upon the said breast of him the said George Lancaster< no role > of the width of
one inch and of the depth of five Inches of which said Mortal wound he the said George Lancaster< no role >
did then and there instantly die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do
say that the said George Lancaster< no role > not being of sound mind memory and undertstanding
but lunatic and distracted did shoot and kill himself In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said Joseph Wilson< no role > the Foreman of the said Jurors on 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 first abovewritten.

Joseph Wilson< no role > [mark]