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. 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 Eight day of March in the Tenth 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
Samuel Tucker< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Nathaniel
Grant< no role > , Benjamin Beezley< no role > , William Kately< no role > , Edward Knight< no role > , William Crockatt< no role >
Andrew Rogers< no role > , John Timms< no role > , Isaac Bunting< no role > , John Richardson< no role > , James Hawke< no role > ,
James Clarke< no role > , David Hogg< no role > , William Lainey< no role > , Robert Balfour< no role > , John Scott< no role > ,
John Waller< no role > , and Thomas Branch< 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 Samuel Tucker< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Samuel Tucker< no role > a Laborer on the
Twenty third day of February in the Year aforesaid being employed with another Person to unload a
certain Cart at the House of John Brayn< no role > a Chandler situate in North Street in the
Parish of St. John the Evangelist within the City and Liberty of Westminster in
the said County of Middlesex , and that in getting a large Chest containing a
great Quantity of Candles out of the said Cart, It so happened that one End of the
said Chest then and there with great force Accidentally Casually and by misfortune
fell against and upon the left Leg and Foot of the said Samuel Tucker< no role > , by Means
whereof the said left Leg of the said Samuel Tucker< no role > was Bruised and the left Foot
Fractured and almost Crushed to pieces, of which said mortal Bruise and Fracture
he the said Samuel Tucker< no role > from the said Twenty third day of February in the
Year aforesaid until the Seventh day of March in the same Year at the
said Parish of St. Margaret within the City Liberty and County aforesaid, did
languish and languishing did live, on which said Seventh day of March in the
Year aforesaid, at the said Parish of St. Margaret, he the said Samuel Tucker< no role > of the
mortal Bruise and Fracture aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Samuel Tucker< no role > Accidentally
Casually and ny misfortune, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, came
ti his Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner, as the said Nathaniel Grant< 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

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

Nathaniel Grant< no role > [mark] Foreman