City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex }
to wit.

An Inquitition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at Knightsbridge in the Parish of Saint Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster
in the County of Middlesex , the Eleventh day of May 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
Cornelius Severs< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John
Randall< no role > , James Groce< no role > , Barny Flin< no role > , Henry List< no role > , Thomas Andrews< no role > , Edward
Young< no role > , John Allen< no role > , James Park< no role > , James Pagan< no role > , George Watson< no role > , William
Knight< no role > and Thomas Exton< no role > Good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
Chosen, whe being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Cornelius Severs came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Cornelius Severs, not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but lunatick and distracted, on
the Ninth day of May in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the
Liberty and County aforesaid, to Wit, into the Serpentine River within
Kensington Garden there did cast and throw himself, by Means of which
said Casting and Throwing, he the said Cornelius Severs in the Waters of the
said River was then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said
Suffocation and Drowning he the said Cornelius Severs then and there
instantly died. And so the Juror aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, that the said Cornelius Severs in Manner and by the Means
foresaid, not being of [..] Mind Memory and [..]
lunatick and distracted, did drown and kill himself. In Witness
where of as well the said Coroner, as the said John Randall< 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 bord Seals, the
Day Year and Place first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

John Randall< no role > Foreman