An Inquisition Indented Taken for Our Sovereign Lord the King at
the Parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate in the County of Middlesex
the second day ofAugustSeptember 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
James Gun< no role > then and there lying dead upon the Oath of Andrew Gallant< no role > John Brassett< no role >
Richard Davis< no role > , Samuel Knight< no role > , Thomas Thetford< no role > , Thomas Oborne< no role > , Edward Chester< no role >
John Clarke< no role > , John Cracknell< no role > , George Ashton< no role > , John Williams< no role > , William Butler< no role > , James
Hamilton and Samuel Blore good and lawfull 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 James Gun< no role > came to his Death
Do upon their Oath say That the said James Gun< no role > on the Thirtieth Day of August
in the Year aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell out of a Lighter
to the Jurors aforesaid unknown then lying in the River Thames at Ipswich Chain
in the Parish and 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 James Gun< no role > then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said James Gun< no role > thein 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 Andrew Gallant< no role >
the Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rate
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

A. Gallant [mark] Foreman