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 James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Eighteenth day of August in the Seventh 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
William James< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Edward
Greene< no role > , James Dollison< no role > , Thomas Douglas< no role > , John Wheeler< no role > , James Ross< no role > , John
Jennings< no role > , William Henny< no role > , John Wells< no role > , George Burgess< no role > , James Rawson< no role >
William Rogers< no role > , Andrew Purcell< no role > , James Alderson< no role > , Joseph Bradley< no role >
and John Parker< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said William James< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William James< no role > a Labourer on the
Eighteenth day of August in the Year aforesaid, being at Work in the House of
Mr. Vantelegansituate in Marlborough Street in the Parish
aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and the said William
James< no role > being then and there removing a certain Earthen Jar through a
Window into the back Yard adjoining to the said House, and standing
upon a Ladder in the said Back Yard, It so happened that the said
William James< no role > did then and there fall down, in a Fit of Apoplexy, or by
other sudden Visitation of God, and then and there instantly, died
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said Edward
Greene< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest
of his 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

J GreeneForeman