Middlesex
To wit}
An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the Dwelling House of
John Southall< no role >
known by
the Sign of the Ship
Essex Stairs in the Parish of Saint Clement Danes
in the liberty of the Savoy
in the County of Middlesex
on Tuesday
the Twentieth Day of Junein the Twenty 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 Phillips< no role >
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King, for the said County on View of the Body of
Thomas Cardell< no role >
then and there lying Dead upon the Oath of
William Robinson< no role >
,
John Chapington< no role >
William Caxey< no role >
Charles Pollock< no role >
Robert Nelson< no role >
George Gilburt< no role >
, Mathew Hewett,
Benjamin Carter< no role >
,
George Nicholson< no role >
John Rothery< no role >
John Gill< no role >
, Samuel
Orton,
Thomas Pinkney< no role >
George Cockington< no role >
Joshua Joyce< no role >
Robert Frotter< no role >
John Fletcher< no role >
George Careless< no role >
William Davie< no role >
, and
Edward Hodges< no role >
good and lawfull Men of the said County duly chosen and who being then and there duly sworn and charged to
inquire for our said Lord the King, when how and by what means the said
Thomas Cardell< no role >
came toDeath do upon their Oath say That the said
Thomas Cardell< no role >
on the Nineteenth day of June in the
Year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid being in the River Thames
Bathing himself it so
happened that accidentally Casually and by misfortune he the said
Thomas Cardell< no role >
was Seized with a
fit and in the Waters of the said River then and there was Suffocated and Drowned of Which said Suffocation
and Drowning he the said
Thomas Cardell< no role >
then and there instantly died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Thomas Cordall< no role >
in manner and by the means aforesaid
Accidentally Casually and by misfortune Came to his Death and not otherwise
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said William Robinson< no role >
the Foreman of the said Jurors on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows in their presence have
to this Inquisition Set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and place first above Written.
Wm. Robinson< no role >