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

An Inquitition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Liberty of St. Margaret in the City of Westminster
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Nineteeth day of September 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 > , Gentle man,
Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
Diana Race< no role > suspected to be Murdered, then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Joseph
Gilley< no role > , William Lowdy< no role > Robert Harwood< no role > , Gerard Tool< no role > , John Lomas< no role > ,
John Wilkinson< no role > , Thomas Greenway< no role > , William Franklin< no role > , Robert
Gildon< no role > , William Bennet< no role > , Thomas White< no role > Reynold Toms< no role > , and
Thomas Wheeler< 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 that what Means the said Diana place came to
the Seventeenth day of September in the Year aforesaid being put upon
a Bed, (on which William Hoyle< no role > and ann Harwood< no role > were lying assleep, being
in Liquor) in the Lodging Room or Apartment of Margaret Place< no role > ,
Mother of the said Diana place, Situate and being in maidenhead Court
Torment Hill in the Parish aforesaid within the City Liberty and County
aforesaid; It so happened that the said Diana Place the Infant did
then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fall down
of and from the said Bed upon the Floor and by Means thereof did then and
there receive one mortal Bruise in and upon the Back of her the said
Diana Place, of which said mortal Bruise she the said Diana place then
and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, that the said Diana Place in Manner and by the Means aforesaid
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to her Death, and not
othewise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said Joseph
Gilley 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 Race first above written
The PrickardCoroner
Josh. GilleyForeman