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. Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirty first day of January in the Sixteenth 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 Hust< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Henry
Toy< no role > , John Storr< no role > , John Lyon< no role > , John Stowers< no role > , George Daws< no role > , Alexander
Shenton< no role > , William Miller< no role > , John Davis< no role > , Robert Minns< no role > , Ephraim Woods< no role > .
Joseph Wedgborough< no role > and John Bedwell< 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 Hurst< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Hurst< no role > , not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted, on the
Eleventh day of December in the Year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, on the Dwelling House of
Mrs. Sellers there situate, with a Certain Razor made of Iron and Steel,
which he the said John Hurst< no role > then and there had and half in his
Right Hand, the Throat or Gullet of him the said John Hurst< no role > did then
and there strike Stab and frenctrate, thereby then and there giving
unto himself with the Razor aforesaid in and upon his Throat or Gullet
one Mortal Wound of the Length of two Inches and of the Depth of
one Inch. of which said mortal wound he the said John Hurst< no role > from the
said Eleventh day of December aforesaid until the Twenty ninth day of
January in the Same Year at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid
did languish and Languishing did live, on which said Twenty ninth day of
January in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
aforesaid he the said John Hurst< no role > of the Mortal Wound aforesaid did die
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Henry Foy< no role >
Foreman of the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their Hands
and Seals, the day Year and Place first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
Henry Foy Foreman< no role >