London

T Shelton
Corr.

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London, that it to say,
at the parish of Saint Dunstan in the East in the ward of Tower in London aforesaid on the Seventeenth
day of December in the thirty first 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 George Burnside now here lying dead by the Oath of
Joseph Shepherd< no role > John Gray< no role > , John Clark< no role > , Thomas Casson< no role > , John Hammatt< no role > , Charles Bowcock< no role >
William How< no role > , James Husted< no role > , Stephen Wagg< no role > , William Waters< no role > , Anthony Woodland< no role > and
James Want< no role > 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 George Burnside< no role > came to his death say upon their Oath that the said George
Burnside on the fourteenth day of December in the year aforesaid at the parish and ward aforesaid
in London aforesaid being in and on board a certain Vessel called the Newcastle of Newcastle upon
Time then lying in the River Thomas it so happened that the said George Burnside accidentally
casually and by misfortune did fall from and out of the said Vessel into the said River Thames and
in and with the water of the said River was then and there suffocated and Drowned of which said
Suffocation and Drowning he the said George Burnside< no role > did then and there die And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said George Burnside in manner and
by the means aforesaid Accidentally casually and by misfortune was Suffocated and Drowned
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Joseph Shepherd< 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 year and place first above written.

Joseph Shepherd< no role > [mark] Foreman