London
An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London
that is to say at the parish of Saint Ethelburga in the ward of Bishopsgate
within
in London
aforesaid on the ninth day of May
in the thirty fifth 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
Henry Parker< no role >
new here lying dead by the oath of
William Allen< no role >
William Holmes< no role >
John Shepherd< no role >
Isaiah Robert< no role >
John Evans< no role >
Richard
Wright John Hartnell Benjamin Shadbolt
Richard Draper< no role >
Robert Roper Jonathan
Sleap Charles Wench
James Clark< no role >
and
George Turner< no role >
good
and lawful men of the
City of London
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
Henry Parker< no role >
came to his death say upon their oath that a certain person to the
Jurors aforesaid unknown on the eighth day of May in the year aforesaid being driving
a certain Coach drawn by four horses along and through a certain publick street
and Kings common highway called Bishopsgate street
situate in the parish and
Ward aforesaid in London
aforesaid and the said
Henry Parker< no role >
being then and there
endeavowing to step the said horses It so happened that the said
Henry Parker< no role >
accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell to the Ground there and the near
wheel of the said Coach did then and there accidentally casually and by misfortune
go upon and pass ever the head of him the said
Henry Parker< no role >
by means where of
the said
Henry Parker< no role >
did then and there receive one mortal
[..] fracture
in and upon the head of him the said
Henry Parker< no role >
of which said Mortal fracture
he the said
Henry Parker< no role >
did then and there die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their oath aforesaid do say that the said
Henry Parker< no role >
in manner and by the
means aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally killed In Witness
whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
William Allen< no role >
the foreman of the
said Jurors on behalf 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.
Wm. AllenForeman< no role >