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
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the fifth day of August 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
Dennis Norton< no role > and Thomas Core< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Henry Spensley< no role >
Thomas Butcher< no role > , John Grasby< no role > , William Storey< no role > , William Solby< no role > , Richard Morris< no role > Daniel
Bulfield< no role > Thomas Webb< no role > John Poultney< no role > Richard Constant< no role > Joseph Leger< no role > John Grosvenor< no role >
Francis Sersey< no role > and Philip Mitchel< 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 Dennis Norton< no role > and Thomas Core< no role > came to
their Death, do upon their Oath Say,

That the said Dennis Norton< no role > and Thomas Core on
the Fourth day of August in the year aforesaid at the Parish of St Mary lebone in
the County aforesaid (to wit) at a certain Pond or peice of Water near Postman Square
going into the said Water there to Bathe themselves it so happened that accidentally
casually and by Misfortune they the said Dennis Norton< no role > and Thomas Cord were in
the said Waters then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and
Drowning they the said Dennis Norton< no role > and Thomas Core then and there instantly Dead
And to the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Dennis
Norton< no role > and Thomas Core in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally
casually and by Misfortune came to their Deaths 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 first above written.

Tho Prickard< no role > Coroner

Henry Spenceley< no role > Foreman