MIDDLESEX
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AN INQUISITION Indented, Taken for our Sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
of Saint Paul Shadwell in the County of
Middlesex , the First Day of April in the Twenty second 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
George Esteredge< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Thomas James< no role > , Edward Barkley< no role > , Thomas Canon< no role > , Robert Taylor< no role > , Miles Dudley< no role > , Samuel
Buckley, Thomas Street< no role > , Anthony Carlatter< no role > , Charles Melling< no role > , Robert Roberts< no role > , Charles Woodward< no role >
John Pownceby< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. and James Pownceby< no role > This name instance is in a workspace.
good and lawful 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 George Esteredge< no role > came to his
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That the said George Esteredge< no role > on the Twenty ninth
Day of March in the Year aforesaid was found drowned and suffocated in the River
Thomas near Bill Wharf 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 the said Coroner as the said Thomas James< 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 and Year first
above written.

Thos. Phillips< no role > [mark] Coroner

Thos. James [mark] Foreman