Middlesex
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An Inquisition indented [..]
in the County of Middlesex , the [..] wenth Day of [..] in the 22d. 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, Etc. before Edward Umfreville one of the Coroners of Our said Lord
KING, for the said County, on view of body of Joseph Fletcher< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the oath of Nicholas Edgerton< no role >
Thomas Bacon< no role > James Bridgen< no role > Simon Young< no role > James Campbell< no role > Thomas
Brotherton Richard Terrey George Watson< no role > Joseph Evans< no role > William Stock< no role >
Charles Milks< no role > John Edwards< no role > James Clarke< no role > Thomas Grove< no role > John Bishop< no role >
Henry Kay< no role > William Readshaw< no role > and John Campbell< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law required, and who being then and there duly sworn
and charged to enquire for our said lord the KING, when, how, and by what means the said Joseph Fletcher< no role >
came to h is Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said Joseph
Fletcher on the Sixth Day of March in the Year aforesaid being [..]
an Infant of the Age of Seven Years or thereabouts And being standing
in the Road or Highway in the Parish and County It so happened That
a certain Cart which was then passing along the said Highway then
and there accidentally casually and by Misfortune beat the said Joseph
Fletcher to the Ground And the Off Wheel of the said Cart did then and
there Pass upon and over the Body of him the said Joseph Fletcher< no role >
By Means whereof he the said Joseph Fletcher< no role > then and there received
Divers Mortal Bruises of which said Mortal Bruises he the said
Joseph Fletcher< no role > then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said Joseph Fletcher< no role > in Manner
and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually And by Misfortune
came to his Death And That the said Off wheel was the Cause of the Death
of the said Joseph Fletcher< no role > is of the Value of One Shilling and the Property
and in the Possesion of Thomas Boston< no role > of upper Thames Street London
Cannon or of his Assigns

In Witness whereof, as well as the said Coroner, as the said Nicholas Edgerton< 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 and Year first abovementioned

E: Umfreville [mark] Coronr.

Nus. Edgerton [mark] Foreman