London
In Inquisition inverted taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London That is to say
at the Parish of Saint Andrew Hubbard
in the ward of Billingsgate
in London aforesaid
on the fifteenth day of March
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 a Man unknown
now here lying dead by the Oath of
Edward Hanson< no role >
,
William George< no role >
Wetherhill,
Oliver Skinner< no role >
[..] wills Richard Dickins,
Thomas Goodwin< no role >
,
Joseph Clark< no role >
Robert Jones< no role >
, Thomas
Hooper,
Stephen Wickham< no role >
,
William Taylor< no role >
,
John Price< no role >
and
Samuel Buxton< no role >
Good and< no role >
before 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
[..] unknown came to his death say upon their Oath that the said man unknown
then lately before Accidentally casually and by misfortune fell into the River Thames
and
in and with the Waters of the said River was then lately before suffocated and Drowned
of which said suffocation and Drowning the said Man unknown did then lately before
die and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Man unknown
in manner and by the means aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally Drowned
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Edward Hunson 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.
Edwd. Hanson [mark] Foreman< no role >