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 in the Liberty of Westminster in the said County of Middlesex
within the LIberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County Middlesex the
Sixteenth day of August One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty eight 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 George
Fraizear< no role > then and these bying Dead upon the Oath of Richard Burton< no role > , Henry Meyer< no role > ,James Ashfeild< no role > , William
Major< no role > , Robert Collins< no role > , Edward Gascoyne< no role > , Joseph Garrett< no role > , Christopher Shaw< no role > , Thomas Ball< no role > , Jeremiah Fintloure< no role >
William Griffith< no role > , John Small< no role > , John Davis< no role > , and Joseph Fox< no role > .
Good and Lawfull 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
George Fraizear came to his Death do upon their Oath say That the said George Fraizear on the Eleventh day of
August in the Year aforesaid at the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid to wit at the Flood Gates near Chelsea going
into the River Thames there to Bathe himself it So happened that accidentally casually and by Misfortune, he the
said George Fraizear was in the Waters of the said River then and there Suffocated and Drowned of which said
Suffocation and Drowning he the Said George Fraizear then and there instantly Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said George Fraizear in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors have to
this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner .

Richd Burton< no role > [mark] Foreman