London
An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London that is to say
at the Parish of Saint Bridget otherwise Bride in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London
aforesaid on the twenty second day of December
in the thirty sixth 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
James Knight< no role >
now here lying dead by the oath of
John Bollard< no role >
William Drew< no role >
John Jones< no role >
Henry Merefield< no role >
Joseph Badhouse< no role >
William Austin< no role >
William Turley< no role >
Thomas Bird< no role >
William Lewis< no role >
Robert
Mortimore Daniel Veare
William Greenfield< no role >
and
William Sandford< 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 James
Knight
came to his death say upon their oath that the said
James Knight< no role >
on the twenty first day of December in the year aforesaid being a prisoner in the prison
of our Lord the King of the Fleet
situate in the Parish and Ward aforesaid
on London aforesaid
in London
aforesaid and being then and there sick and languishing It so happened that
afterwards on the same day and year last mentioned the said
James Knight< no role >
within the
prison
aforesaid by the visitation of God died a natural death and by no violent means
or manner whatsoever.In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the
said
John Bollard< 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.
John Bollard< no role >
[mark] Foreman