City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex ,

}
to wit,
An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at the House of Henry Bailey< no role > the Sign of the Yorkshire Grey in Woodstock street in the
in the County 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 twelfth day of March 1798
in the thirty eighth 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 Anthony Gell< no role > , Esq . Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City
and Liberty, on View of the Body of Jacob Lewis< no role > then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written and
Seals affixed, 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 Jacob Lewis< no role > came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Jacob Lewis< no role > not being of sound Mind Memory
and Understanding but lunatic and distracted on the tenth day of
March in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid
one end of a certain piece of small Cord unto an Iron Narl fastened unto
the Ceiling of the Apartment of him the said Jacob Lewis< no role > situate
and being in the Dwelling House of Elizabeth Baker< no role > No 11 Oxford
Building in the said City & Liberty and the other and thereof
about his own neck did fix tye and fasten and therewith
did then and there hang suffocate and strangle himself
of which said hanging Suffocation & Strangling he the said
Jacob Lewis< no role > then and there instantly died And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Jacob
Lewis< no role > not being of sound Mind Memory & Understanding but
lunatic & distracted in manner & by the Means aforesaid did kill himself.

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the Jurors, have to this Inqusition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy Gell< no role >
Coroner }

Henry Chapman< no role >
Charles Willis< no role >
Geo E Woodhouse< no role >
Job Pratley< no role >
Wm Elvin< no role >

Robt. Kinnis< no role >
David Johnson< no role >
George Nevers< no role >
W James
Francis Hazill< no role >
Wm Grant< no role >
Charles May< no role >