London

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that
is to say, at the Parish of Saint Bennett Grace church Street in the ward of Bridge in London aforesaid
on the twenty fifth day of September in the thirtieth 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 Shelton< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the City of London and Borough
of Southwark on view of the Body of William Bates< no role > now here lying dead by the Oath of Thomas
Oliver, Charles Piercy< no role > Robert Huxley< no role > , Robert Sangster< no role > , William Collyer< no role > , William Chaplin< no role > , George
Rosseter, William Ewens< no role > , Thomas Woollard< no role > Charles Wightman< no role > , James Bedard< no role > , William Kimpton< no role >
Thomas Bennett< no role > , David Voss< no role > and John Reilly good and lawful Men of the City of London aforesaid
who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to Inquire for our said Lord the King when how
and in what manner the said William Bates< no role > came to his death say upon their Oath that the said
William Bates< no role > on the twenty fifth day of September in the Year aforesaid being employed in the
repairing a certain House situate in Grace church Street in the Parish and ward aforesaid in London [..]
and being then and there in the Upper part of the said House and at the back part thereof it so happened
that the said William Bates< no role > accidentally casually and by misfortune did fall from and off the said upper
part of the said House into a certain Open and public Court there called Jerusalem Court and to upon and
against the Stone Pavement there By means whereof he the said William Bates< no role > did then and there
receive divers mortal Wounds and bruises in and upon the head face back sides Arms, legs and
thighs of him the said William Bates< no role > of which said mortal Wounds and bruises he the said William
Bates did then and there instantly die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say that the said William Bates< no role > in manner and by the means aforesaid casually and by
misfortune was accidentally killed In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the
said Thomas Oliver< no role > the Foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his fellows in
their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the day Fear and place first above written

Thomas Oliver< no role > [mark] Foreman