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

Informations taken this Twenty sixth
day of July 1788 at Tothill Fields
Bridewell in the Parish of St. Margaret
within the Liberty of Westmr. in the County
of Midsex upon an Inquisition touching
the death of William Mate< no role > of a Prisoned
lying dead in the said Parish Liberty &
County

Joseph Simmons< no role > a Prisoner in Tothill Fields
Bridewell on his Oath saith That William Watealf< no role >
the Deced has been Prisoner there about three
Weeks, he was brought there, and the next
Morning after being the Ninth Instant, Deced
was Sized with a Fever which was very
violent and grew worse That the Deced was
attended by Mr. Hanbury the Apothecary who
Sent him Medicines which Deced took until
the last three or four days, when he was so
ill that he could not take them, and dided this
Morning about Six o'Clock Says that the
attended the Deced [..] in the Prison and
was with him when he died, Says that the
Governor sent the Allowance of the Prison
daily to the Deced, and likewise some Warren
Wise, and gave this Dept. four Shillings to
any Pouriching things for the Deced which
Dept. did, That the Deced was not ill used
by any Person in the Prison and that
the Deced died in a natural way.

Joseph Simmond< no role >

Sworn the Day Year & Place
abovementioned before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner }