MIDDLESEX .
(To wit)}

AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at The Precinct
of Saint Catherine in the County of
Middlesex , the Twenty fifth 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
William Davis< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
John Seaman< no role > , Jethro Weatherstone< no role > This name instance is in set 2817. , Joshua Nunn< no role > , George Harris< no role > , George Dewar< no role >
William Carbonell< no role > , Solomon brook< no role > , John Judd< no role > , Frederick Rambo< no role > , John Tunis< no role >
James Gallaugher< no role > , William Horsall< no role > and William Weston< 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 William Davis< no role > came to his
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said William Davis< no role > on the Twenty third
Day of August in the Year aforesaid accidentally, casually and by misfortune
fell from The Mizen Chains of a Ship called The Roman Emperor< no role > then lying in the
River Thames at Union Hole in the Parish of Saint John Wapping in the County
aforesaid into the said River And was in the Waters thereof then and there suffocated
and drowned. Of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said William Davis< no role > then
and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said
William Davis< no role > 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 John Seaman< 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

Jno Seaman [mark] Foreman