MIDDLESEX
.
(To wit)}
AN INQUISITION Indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
of Saint George
in the County of
Middlesex
, the twenty third Day of August in the Twenty fifth 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
Richard Morris< no role >
an Infant then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
William Mc Dowell< no role >
,
William Pain< no role >
,
John Barklabul< no role >
,
George Hallam< no role >
,
John King< no role >
William How< no role >
,
John Dennis< no role >
,
John Skirvel< no role >
,
[..]
Hezekiah Dix< no role >
,
James
Walding< no role >
,
William Williamson< no role >
and
William Robinson< 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
Richard Morris< no role >
came to his
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
Richard Morris< no role >
on the Twentieth
Day of August in the Year aforesaid being an Infant of the Age of Thirteen Years
Stairs Window in the Apartment of his Father
Richard Morris< no role >
situate in Anchor and
Hope Alley in the Parish and County aforesaid to and upon the Ground By Means
whereof he the said
Richard Morris< no role >
the younger then and there received divers Mortal Bruises
in and upon the Head, Back and Body of him the said
Richard Morris< no role >
the younger Of which
said Mortal Bruises he the said
Richard Morris< no role >
the younger then and there died And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said
Richard Morris< no role >
the younger in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally, casually and by misfortune
came to his Death
IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said William Mc Dowell
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
Wm Mc Dowell [mark] Foreman