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 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 First day of February in the Eighth 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 Lloyd< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Samuel
Harris< no role > , Alexander Gordon< no role > , James Wild< no role > , John Hepworth< no role > , Robert Horrod< no role > ,
John Hilton< no role > , William Clarke< no role > , George Allen< no role > , William Smith< no role > , Samuel
Highley< no role > Rennard Jones< no role > and John Atkins< 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 Lloyd< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Lloyd< no role > on the Twentieth
day of January in the Year aforesaid being driving a certain Cart loaden with
Coals and drawn by Five Horses in a Place called Beaufort Buildings in the
Parish of St. Clement Danes , within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and
the Shaft of the said Cart then and there breaking, and the said William Lloyd< no role >
being then and there with other Laborers going to remove the Coals out of the said
Cart into another Cart adjoining or near there unto It so happened that an
Oak Plank, called the Ear band, fixed across the Tail of the said Cart then and
there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell down upon the Right Leg
of the said William Lloyd< no role > , by means where of the said William Lloyd< no role > then and
there received one mortal Fracture in and upon his Right Leg, of which
said mortal Fracture he the said William Lloyd< no role > from the said Twentieth day of
January in the Year aforesaid until the Thirty first day of the same Month, at
the Westminster Hospital situate and being in the said Parish of St. Margaret
within the City Liberty and County aforesaid did languish and languishing
did live, on which said Thirty first day of January in the Year aforesaid he the said
William Lloyd< no role > at the Hospital aforesaid, of the mortal Fracture aforesaid did die
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said William
Lloyd< 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 Oak Plank was the Cause of
the Death of the said William Lloyd< no role > , and is of the Value of One Shilling, and the
Property and in the Possession of Charles Stewart< no role > of Beaufort Buildines in the said
Parish of St. Clement Danes Coal Merchant, or of his Assigns. In Witness
where of as well the said Coroner, as the said Samuel Harris< 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

Samll. Harris< no role > Foreman