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 St. Margaret in the City of Westmr. within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter
of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County of Middlesex , the Eleventh
day of Marchin the 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 Prickard< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said
City and Liberty On View of the Body of John Peacock< no role > then and there lying Dead, upon the
Oath of Robert Thornton< no role > , Alexander Donald< no role > , John Leaden< no role > , William Clay< no role > , John Fell< no role > , John Wilkinson< no role > , John Sherrard< no role > , Lewis Sulsh< no role >
Ignatius Jorden< no role > , John Blatch< no role > This name instance is in set 2765. , Henry Holbrook< no role > , John Burgiss< no role > , John Buxton< no role > , Samuel Clough< no role > , William
Mott< no role > , William Simpson< no role > and William Proctor< 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 John Peacock< no role > -came to his Death do upon their Oath
say, That the said John Peacock< no role > on the Twenty eighth day of February in the Year aforesaid, was driving a
certain empty Cart drawn by four Horses in the Publick Highway upon Hounslow Heath in the said County
of Middlesex , and being on the right side of his Horses and leading the Shaft Horse or Thiller, It so happened
that the said John Peacock< no role > was then and there accidentally Casually and by Misfortune forced to the Ground by
the said Shaft Horse, And that the said Shaft Horse with his Hinderfeet, did then and there accidentally,
Casually and by Misfortune Tread upon the said John Peacock< no role > , so lying upon the Ground as aforesaid
whereby the said John Peacock< no role > did then and there receive divers in [..] wounds and Bruises in and
upon his left Leg, of which said Mortal Wounds and Bruises he the said John Peacock< no role > from the said Twenty eighth
day of February in the Year aforesaid until the Ninth day of March in [..] year, at the Westminster Hospital ,
situate in the said Parish of St. Margaret, within the City Liberty and County aforesaid, did languish & languishing
did live, on which said Ninth day of March in the year aforesaid the said John Peacock< no role > , at the said Hospital, of
the mortal Wounds and Bruises aforesaid, did die, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say,
that the said John Peacock< no role > , in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally, casually and by Misfortune
came to his Death, and not otherwise. And that the said Shaft Horse moved to the Death of the said John
Peacock< no role > , and is of the Value of Fifteen Shillings, and the Property and in the Possession of Kemble
Whatley< no role > of the Parish of St. Mary Lambeth in the County of Surry Carpenter, or of his Assigns.
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said Robert Thornton< no role > 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 Year and Place first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner .
Robt: Thornton [mark] Foreman