Southwark
Thomas Shelton< no role >
Corr.
An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the parish of
Saint Olave within
the Borough
of Southwark
in the County of Surrey
on the first day of August
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 Gentleman Coroner
of our said Lord the King for the City of London
and Borough
of Southwark
on view of the body of
Thomas Hunt< no role >
now here lying dead by the oath of
Richard Davis< no role >
Samuel Watkins< no role >
John Ross< no role >
James Judd< no role >
William West< no role >
Joseph Parry< no role >
John
Holmes< no role >
Roger Lewis< no role >
Samuel Barber< no role >
William Little< no role >
Robert Barnard< no role >
and
John Turner< no role >
good and
lawful men of the Borough
of Southwark
aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn
and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what manner the said
Thomas Hunt< no role >
came to his death say upon their oath that the said
John Hunt< no role >
then lately before
accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell into the River of Thames
and in and with the
waters of the River was then and there suffocated and drowned of which said suffocation
and drowning the said
Thomas Hunt< no role >
did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
oath aforesaid do say that the said
Thomas Hunt< no role >
in manner and by the means aforesaid
came to his death and not otherwise In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Richard Davis< no role >
the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of him and the rest of his fellows in
their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the day year and place first
abovewritten
R Davis [mark]