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 George Hanover Square
within
the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westmins
-ter in the County of Middlesex
, the Twenty first day of February in the Sixth Year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain
in 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 Benson< no role >
then and there lying Dead, upon
the Oath of
Thomas Moon< no role >
,
Martin Waddington< no role >
,
William Harris< no role >
,
William Gibson< no role >
,
Thomas Weaver< no role >
Thomas Hawxwell< no role >
,
Jonathan Claridge< no role >
Thomas Mathews< no role >
,
John Collins< no role >
,
Thomas Sanderson< no role >
,
Robert
Shallerd< no role >
,
John Kendal< no role >
,
John White< no role >
,
Valentine Knight< no role >
,
George Barlin< no role >
,
Henry Whitton< no role >
and
John Lewis< 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 Benson< no role >
Came to his Death, do upon their Oath
[..]
say,
That the said John Benson< no role >
on the Twentieth day of February in the
Year aforesaid was found Dead in his Lodging Room or Apartment in the dwelling
House of
John Barlow< no role >
situate in Farm Street, at the Parish aforesaid within the
Liberty and County aforesaid, That no Marks of Violence appear'd on the Body of
the said
John Benson< no role >
, And that the said
John Benson< no role >
departed this Life, by the
Visitation of God, in a natural Way, and not by any Hurt or Injury received from
any Person or Persons whatsoever to the Knowledge of the said Jurors.
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
, as the said Thomas Moon< 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 >
Coroner
.
Thos. Moon Foreman