City and Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middlesex }
to Wit.

An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Parish of Saint Annwithin the Liberty of the Dean and
Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County of Middlesex , the
twenty first day of October in the ThirdYear 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 Prickard< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said
City and Liberty, on View of the Body of William Davy< no role > then and there lying Dead
upon the Oath of Joshua Perry< no role > , Thomas Lamb< no role > , Thomas Stirrup< no role > , Francis Lecoure< no role > , Thomas Webb< no role > ,
Thomas Trust< no role > , Gabriel Long< no role > , Thomas Dobson< no role > , Edward Forshow< no role > , George Forshow< no role > , Robert
Richmond< no role > , Edward Hammond< no role > , William Mc. Kenzie< no role > , Joseph Holmes< no role > , John Climson< no role > , John Maulpes< no role > , Anthony
Lawrance< no role > , Benjamin Goodall< no role > , John Helme< no role > , Joseph Moore< no role > , John Sims< no role > John Read< no role > & John Powell< no role > , good and Lawfull Men of
the said Liberty duly chosen, 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 Davy< no role >
came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That divers Persons dressed in Sailors Habits to the Jurors
aforesaid as yet unknown on the Seventeenth day of October in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch
in the County aforesaid, being riotously tumultuously and unlawfully Assembled together in open Breach of the
Publick Peace, and terror of His Majesty's good Subjects, and having violently tumultuously and unlawfully Assaulted and
Battered the dwelling House of Thomas Kelly< no role > Victualler situate in Holywell Street in the said Parish of St Leonard Shoreditch in the
County aforesaid with Sticks Bricks Tiles and other Instruments with intent to demolish and pull down the said House,
And that by the desire of two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, a Lientenant and several Soldiers belonging to
the third Regiment of foot Guards Assembled before the House of the said Thomas Kelly< no role > in order to disperse the Mob and to prevent
further Mischief, And that the said Persons unknown so tumultuously riotously and unlawfully then and there Assembled, not
dispersing themselves but continuing together, and likewise continuing to Assault the said House, and also Assaulting the Persons
of the said Soldiers with Sticks Bricks Tiles and other Instruments, thereby putting the said Soldiers then in and about the said
House in great Peril and Danger of their Lives, Whereupon the said Soldiers, in Defence of themselves, and for the Preservation
of their own Lives, and of the Life of the said Thomas Kelly< no role > , and also to prevent the Destruction of the said House, their several
and respective Guns, commonly called Firclocks, charged with Gun powder and leaden Bullets, at to and against the said
several Persons unknown, so riotously tumultuously and unlawfully then and there Assembled together, did discharge and
shoot off, And that it so happened that Casually and by misfortune one of the said Bullets so shot out of the said
Firelocks as aforesaid, by one of the said Soldiers to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown, did give unto him the said
William Davy< no role > , then running towards and being near to the said Persons, so riotously, tumultuously and unlawfully
Assembled together as aforesaid, one Mortal Wound in and upon the Belly of him the said William Davy< no role > , near the
Navel, of the length of one Inch and of the depth of four Inches, of which said Mortal Wound he the said William
Davy< no role > died the same Day in the County aforesaid. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say,
that the said Soldier as yet unknown him the said William Davy< no role > in manner and by the means aforesaid Casually and
by Misfortune did kill and slay. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Joshua Perry< no role >
Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in the their presence, have
to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner .
Joshua Perry [mark] Foreman