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 Second day of April in the Eleventh 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
James Lacey< no role > a Mariner then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas
Wattson< no role > , Benjamin Johnson< no role > , John Storr< no role > , John Bright< no role > , William Almon< no role > ,
Henry Chamberlayne< no role > , William Pasmore< no role > , Walter Tyrrell< no role > , Thomas Scott< no role > , Robert
Bramham< no role > , William Woodall< no role > and John Gardener< 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 James Lacey< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said James Lacey< no role > , suspected to have
been Murdered, on the Thirtieth day of March in the Year aforesaid
having a Cough and difficulty of Breathing, It so happened that by
the violence of a Fit of Coughing, the Lungs of the said James Lacey< no role >
were Burst and Ruptured, of which the said James Lacey< no role > died
on the same day and Year, at the said Parish of St. Margaret within
the City Liberty and County aforesaid, and not by any Hurt or
Injury received from Thomas Naters< no role > his Master, or any other
Person whatsoever, to the Knowledge of the said Jurors
In Witness whereof well the said Coroner of the said
Thomas Wattson 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

Thomas Wattson Foreman