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An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at The Parish of Staines
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirtieth Day of Decr 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 Fountain< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the oath of Richard Baggeridge< no role > , John
Adams< no role > , Edward Gilbert< no role > , John Maddock< no role > , Matthew Broughton< no role > , Thomas Hall< no role >
William Cooper< no role > James Nesmyth< no role > John Stephens< no role > Richard Pearce< no role > John
James and John Dexter< 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 John Fountain< no role >
came to h is Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said John Fountain< no role >
on the Twenty Seventh Day of December in the year aforesaid was found
drowned and suffocated in the River Thames in the Parish and County
aforesaid But how or by what Means he became drowned and suffocated
no Evidence doth appear to the said Jurors

In Witness whereof, as well as the said Coroner, as the said Richard Baggridge< 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

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