T. Shelton
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Coroner .

exd.

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to say at the parish of Allhallows Barking in the Ward
of Tower in London aforesaid on the twenty sixth day of July in the thirty fourth 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 female infant Child now here lying dead by the oath of John Gray< no role > Samuel Wright< no role >
Joseph Scarlett< no role > James Blanch< no role > George Harpley John Ross< no role > George White< no role > James Hasted Charles Burnett< no role > John Drake< no role > Samuel Adderly< no role > John Crane< no role > and
Joseph Fennell< 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 female Child came to her death say upon their oath that a certain person whose name to the
Jurors aforesaid is as yet unknown then lately before being big with a certain female Child the said female Childalone and secretly
from her body by the providence of God did bring forth alive and that certain person or persons to the Jurors aforesaid unknown not having the fear of
God before his her or their eyes but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil on the twenty fourth day of July in the year aforesaid with
force and arms at London (that is to say) at the parish and Ward aforesaid in London aforesaid in and upon the said female Child unknown in
the peace of God and our said Lord the King then and there being feloniously wilfully and of his her or their malice aforethought did make an Assault
and that the said Person or Persons to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown to tie the navel string of the said female Child unknown so then
lately before born of the Body of her the said person (whose name to the Jurors aforesaid is as yet unknown as aforesaid) then and there
feloniously wilfully and of his her or their malice aforethought did neglect refuse and omit by reason whereof divers large quantities
of blood did then and there omit and issue forth out of the body of the said female Child unknown And the said female Child unknown
by reason of the omitting forth and issuing forth of the blood from her body as aforesaid and from the loss thereof then and there bear me and
was mortally sick and weak in her body of which said mortal sickness and weakness in the body of the said female Child and by the
omitting and issuing forth of the blood from the body of the said female Child unknown and by the loss thereof as aforesaid by reason of
the neglecting refusing and omitting to tie the navel string of the said female Child unknown as aforesaid the said female Child
did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said person or persons to the Jurors
aforesaid as yet unknown the said female Child in manner and by the means aforesaid feloniously wilfully and of his her or their
malice aforethought did kill and murder against the peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and dignity And that the said
person or persons to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown at the time of committing the felony and murder aforesaid or at anytime
since had no goods or Chattels lands or tenements within the City of London or elsewere to the knowledge of the said Jurors
And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further say that after the said person or persons to the Jurors aforesaid unknown
had done and committed the felony and murder aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid he she or they withdrew and fled for the
same In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals
the day year and place first abovewritten

Jno. Gray< no role > [mark]
Samuel Wright< no role > [mark]
Joseph Scarlett< no role > [mark]
James Blanche< no role > [mark]
George Harpley< no role > [mark]
John Ross< no role > [mark]
George White< no role > [mark]

James Hasted< no role > [mark]
Charles Barnett< no role > [mark]
John [..] [mark]
Saml Adderley< no role > [mark]
John Crane< no role > [mark]
Joseph Fennell< no role > [mark]