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 Saint 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 Seventh day of April 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
a Man Unknown then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas
Evans< no role > , William Nicholson< no role > , Robert Tomlin< no role > , Paul Webster< no role > George Selton< no role >
George Grimmett< no role > , John Harrison< no role > , George Smith< no role > , Benjamin Prosser< no role > , James
Johnson< no role > , William Crump< no role > , William Taylor< no role > , John Mills< no role > , Roger Jones< no role > , Thomas
Cass< no role > and Thomas Mopps< 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 Man Unknown came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Man, whose Name is unknown
not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
distracted, on the Fourth day of April in the Year aforesaid, at the
Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid, to wit, into the River
between Chelsea Bridge and the Fire Engine, there did cast and throw
himself, by Means of which said Casting and throwing, he the said Man
unknown in the Waters of the said River was then and there Suffocated
and drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
Man unknown then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Man
unknown, not being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding
but lunatick and distracted in Manner and by the Means aforesaid,
did kill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
as the said Thomas Evans< 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
Thos. Evans< no role > Foreman