London

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London
that is to say at the Parish of St Botolph without Aldersgate in the Ward of Aldersgate without
in London aforesaid on the eighth day of Septr . 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 Shelton< no role > Gentleman Coroner of
our said Lord the King for the City of London and Borough of Southwark in view
of the Body of Samuel Wilson< no role > now here lying dead by the Oath of Thomas Dearsly< no role >
William Cookman, Isaac Dixon< no role > , Jeremiah Kelly< no role > , William Barrett< no role > , Richard
Pritchard, Rooger Briggs< no role > , John Hancock< no role > , Thomas Porter< no role > , Charles Schofield< no role > ,
William Kime< no role > , Peter Exton< no role > , John Townes< no role > , Jeremiah Pedgeon< no role > , and Henry Cruchard< 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 Samuel Wilson< no role > came to his death say upon their Oath that the said
Samuel Wilson< no role > on the sixth day of September in the year aforesaid being going and passing
along and thro a certain publick street and common highway called Aldersgate street
and [..] a certain person unknown then and there being [..] driving a certain Cart drawn
by two horses along and through the said street It so happened that the said Samuel
Wilson did then and there accidentally fall to the ground there and near to the said Cart
while the same was passing on as aforesaid and the near what of the said Cart did then
and there accidentally go upon and pass over the Body of the said Samuel Wilson< no role > by means
whereof he the said Samuel Wilson< no role > die then and there receive [..] one mortal wound and [..]
Contusion in and upon his said Body of which said mortal wound and contusion he the said Samuel Wilson< no role > on the day and year last
aforesaid did instantly die and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the
said Samuel Wilson< no role > in manner and by the means aforesaid usually and by misfortune was accidentally
killed and that the off wheel of the said Cart was moving to the death of the said Samuel Wilson< no role >
[..] and is of the value of 2s.6d and is the property and in the possession ofClark of Bermondsey
Street Southwark In Witness
whereof as well the said Coroner as
the said Thomas Dearsly< no role > the foreman
of the said Jurors on behalf of himself
and the rest of his fellows in their
presence have to the Inquisition
set their hand and seals the day
year and place first above written

Thomas Dearsly [mark] Foarman