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 St. John the Evangelist 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 Thirtieth day of June in the Ninth 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
Thomas Spurrett< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of William
Rankin< no role > , John Davies< no role > , Henry Callis< no role > , Willam Bagwell< no role > , James Taylor< no role > Edward
Evans< no role > William Thompson< no role > , Richard Robinson< no role > , John Edwards< no role > Abraham Wilkinson< no role >
Clement Scott< no role > and John Gritton< 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 Thomas Spurrett came to
his Death, do upon their Oath Say, That the said Thomas Spurrett an Infant
on the Twenty fifth day of June in the Year aforesaid being with two
other Boys in a Boat upon the River Thomas in a Place called Mill-
Bank in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
and the said Thomas Spurrett having last hole of the Oar with which he
was Rowing, and endeavouring to recover it, It so happened that the said
Thomas Spurrett did then and there Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune fall out of the said Boat into the said River Thames and
in the Waters thereof was then and there Suffocated and Drowned
of which said Suffocation and Drowing he the said Thomas Spurrett
then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, that the said Thomas Spurrett Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
came to his Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
as the said William Rankin< 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

William Rankin< no role > Foreman