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 Field
Within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirty first day of January in the Thirty Second
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 William Walters< no role > then and there lying, dead upon
the Oath of James Wells< no role > , Richard Hughes< no role > , Robert Harris< no role > , Edward Davies< no role >
William Chater< no role > , David Partridge< no role > , Peter Blockstock< no role > , John Chapman< no role > , John
Fowler< no role > , James Smith< no role > , Isaac Jones< no role > , Samuel Hoskins< no role > , Henry Solman< no role >
William Powell< no role > , and Thomas Webb< 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 William Walters< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Walters< no role > not being of Sound
Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted on the Twenty Eighth
day of January in the Year aforesaid at the said Parish of St, Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty and County aforesaid one End of a certain Silk Handkerchief into a
certain brass Screw fastened into the Waistcoat in the Lodging Room or Apartment
of him the said William Walters< no role > in the House of Thomas Belcher< no role > situate and being in
Charles Street in the said Parish Liberty and County and the other End thereof about his
own Neck did fix tie and fasten and therewith did then and there [..] Suffocate and Strangle
himself of which said hanging Suffocation and Strangling he the said William Walters< no role >
then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say
that the said William Walters< no role > in Manner and by the means aforesaid not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted did kill himself

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
James Wells< 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
James Wells< no role > Foreman