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 St. Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirtieth day of March in the Twelfth 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
John Collip< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John
Hawkes< no role > , Francis Miller< no role > , William Hooper< no role > , Robert Bagnall< no role > , Thomas Russell< no role > , John Biss< no role >
John Heather< no role > , Francis Stacey< no role > , John Dewbery< no role > , Abraham Leaper< no role > , William Green< no role >
Alexander Gardner< no role > , Edward Grace< no role > , Thomas Heffernon< no role > , William Dawson< no role > , William Wood< no role >
James Wells< no role > and William Andrews< no role > , 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 John Collip came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said John Collip, not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and distracted, on the Thirtieth
day of March in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
aforesaid, one End of a certain piece of small Cord unto a Wooden Brace
in the work yard of William Ringsted< no role > and James Poole< no role > Coach makers,
Situate in Long Acre in the said Parish Liberty and County, and the other
End thereof about his own Neck, did tye fix and fasten, and therewith
did then and there Hang Suffocate and Strangle himself, of which said
Hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the said John Collip then and
there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say
that the said John Collip, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding
but lunatic and distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, did
kill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the
said John Hawkes< no role > Foreman of 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 first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
Jas Hawkes< no role > Foreman