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 fourth day of June 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 Samuel Rotherford< no role > then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of Charles Mallen< no role > , Christian Awe< no role > , Edward Bradshaw< no role > ,
John Bell< no role > , Richard Harris< no role > , John Pownsby< no role > Thomas Street< no role > , George Campion< no role > , William
Benson, James Thatcher< no role > , Miles Dudley< no role > , and Frederick Miller< no role > , good and lawful Men of
the said County a 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 Samuel
Rotherford came to his Death, Do, upon their Oath say That the said Samuel
Rotherford on the third day of June in the Year aforesaid was found drowned and suffocated
in the River Thames at Bell Wharf Stairs in the parish and County aforesaid That the
said Samuel Rotherford< no role > had not any Marks of violence appearing about him, and 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 Charles Mallen< 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
Charls. Mallen [mark] Foreman