City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this First day of March
1774 at the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of Westmr in the County of Midsex
upon an Inquisition touching the death of Elizabeth
Mobbes< no role > lying dying in the said Parish Liberty
and County.

George Mobbes< no role > a Lodger at Mr. Beaver in Down
Street in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square on his
Oath saith That Elizabeth Mobbes the Deced was wife
to this Dept. That he went home off his Watch, (Dept
being a Watchman of said Parish) yesterday
Morning about six o'Clock and found the Deced
in Bed in his Lodgings, Says that the Deced lay
in Bed until about Seven o'Clock when Deced
got up, saying that she must Iron some Linnen
which she had washed for Mr. Hazard in the Strand
and Deced said that she must go to get some
Sticks to light her Fire and Deced immediately
went down Stairs and did not return Says that
about Eight o'Clock a Boy came to Dept. and told him
that he heard that Mrs. Mobbes was Drowned in the
Serpentine River in Hyde Park, upon which Dept. and
his Daughter went into Hyde Park , and was there
informed that the Deced had been taken out of the
River and was carried to the Bowhouse of the Parish
of St. George Hanr Square , where Dept. saw the Body of
the Deced, but observed no Marks of violence upon
the Deced, Says that he believes that the Deced went
from home into the Park to [..] Drown herself
Says that the Deced last Summer went into Hyde
Park and almost to the Serpentine River when Dept.
overtook her, and brought her back, and that Deced
then told Dept. that she would have drowned herself
if he had not prevented her says that the Deced
was much addicted to Drinking and was often in Liquor