London

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London, that is to say, at the
parish Saint Bartholomew the less in the ward of Farringdon without in London aforesaid on the fourteenth day
of December in the thirty third [mark] 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 Brough of Southwark on view of the body of Richard
Roe< no role > now here lying dead by the Oath of Richard Benson< no role > , Jonathan Perkins< no role > , William Morss< no role > , Robert Read< no role > ,
Thomas Taylor< no role > , John Blackett< no role > , John Dolphin< no role > , John Beal< no role > , Samuel Tyler< no role > , William Allen< no role > , John Gay< no role > , Joseph
Hunt,< no role > Thomas Massey< no role > and James Aldie 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 Richard Roe< no role > came to his death say upon their Oath that the said Richard Roe< no role > on the Eleventh
day of December in the year aforesaid being in a certain Room of the dwelling house of a certain person unknown
there Situate and being near the fire place in the said Room It so happened that the [..] Cloaths and wearing Apparel of the
said Richard Roe< no role > which he then had on his person and wore accidentally casually and by misfortune did
Catch fire and the said Richard Roe< no role > with the flames of the said fire was then and there mortally burned
Of which said burning the said Richard Roe< no role > from she said Eleventh day of December in the year aforesaid
until the twelfth day of the said month of December in the same year [..] as well at she parish of Saint
Giles without Cripplegate in the Ward of Cripplegate without in London aforesaid as also at the said
parish of Saint Bartholomew the less in the said Ward of Farringdon without in London aforesaid
did languish and languishing did live On which said twelfth day of December in the Year aforesaid at the
parish and Ward last aforesaid the said Richard Roe< no role > of the said Mortal burning did die And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Richard Roe< no role > in manner and by the means
aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally burned In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said Richard Benson< 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.

[mark] R Benson Forman