To the Beadles and Constables of the Ward of Queenhithe
London
BY Virtue of my Office these are, in his Majesty's Name, to charge
and command you, that on sight hereof you summon and warn
Twenty-four good and sufficient Men of your Tuesday Personally
to be and appear before me on twenty first the January Day of
January instant at Six of the Clock in the Evening
at the Sign of the Barleymow kept
by
Joseph East< no role >
Situate in the Parish of Saint Mary Somerset in the ward
aforesaid
then and there to do and execute all such things that shall be given
them in Charge, and to inquire on the Behalf of our Sovereign Lord
the King touching the Death of
John Roper< no role >
and for your so doing this shall be your Warrant; and that you attend
at the Time and Place above-mentioned to make a Return of the
Names of those whom you have so summoned, and further to do and
execute such other Matters as shall be then and there enjoined you;
and have you then there this Warrant. Given under my Hand and
Seal this 20th Day of January 1794
THOMAS SHELTON< no role >
,
CORONER. [mark]