Middlesex
(to wit.){
An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at The Parish of Saint Mary
Islington
in the County of Middlesex
, the fourteenth Day of Novr. in the 23d 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< no role >
one of the Coroners of Our said Lord
the KING, for the said County, on view of the body of
John Maddocks< no role >
Catherine Higgins< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the oath of
John Maddocks< no role >
John Malkin< no role >
Stephen Mears< no role >
Richard Porter< no role >
,
James Smith< no role >
,
John How< no role >
,
Joseph Scarratt< no role >
John Read< no role >
,
William Holt< no role >
,
Dennis Ohara< no role >
,
James Dyer< no role >
and
James Tyrrell< 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
Catherine Higgins< no role >
came to h er Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said
Catherine Higgins< no role >
in the Twelfth Day of November in the Year aforesaid was found drowned
and suffocated in the New River
in the Parish and County aforesaid That the
said
Catherine Higgins< no role >
had not any Marks of violence appearing about her
and how or by what Means she became drowned and suffocated no Evidence
doth appear to the said Jurors
In Witness whereof, as well as the said Coroner, as the said John Maddocks< 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.
John Maddocks< no role >
[mark] Foreman