MIDDLESEX .
(To wit.)}

AN INQUISITION Indented, Taken for our Sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
of Saint Paul Shadwell in the County of
Middlesex , the Twenty sixth 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
Mary Shift then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Christian Awe< no role > , James Thatcher< no role > , Edward Evans< no role > , William Benson< no role > , Robert Roberts< no role > , Charles
Mellin, Richard Harris< no role > , Henry Phillips< no role > , Frederick Miller< no role > , Francis Paterson< no role > , Geater
Dowsing and Benjamin Moore< no role >
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 Mary Shift came to her
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That The said Mary Shift on the Twenty second Day
of June in the Year aforesaid being intoxicated with strong Liquor accidentally, casually
and by Misfortune fell down certain Stairs Leading to the Apartment of her Husband
Jacob Shift< no role > situate in Mercers R [..] the Parish and County aforesaid By means whereof
she the said Mary Shift [..] divers Mortal Bruises in and upon [..]
Head and Body of [..] which said mortal Bruises [..]
[..]

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Christian Awe< 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

Christian Awe [mark] Foreman