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 James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Fifteenth day of a August 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
Richard Partridge< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas Hookham< no role > ,
William Hoggins< no role > , John Lambe< no role > , Harry Phillips< no role > , John Fanton< no role > , John Bockbrown< no role > , Lawrence Brown< no role >
Alexander Brighton< no role > , William Lamburte< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. , John Dyer< no role > , Thomas Rogers< no role > , Charles Tom< no role > , William Tomson< no role >
Thomas Williams< no role > , Thomas Goodwin< no role > , and Thomas Dool< 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 Richard Partridge< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say
That the said Richard Partridge< no role > on the Fourteenth day of
August in the Year aforesaid being employed as a Labourer on the top of a certain House inhabited
by Lady Folkstone situate in Clifford Street in the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid, it so happened
that some part of the Stone Coving and Bricks of the Parapel wall of the said House giving way, he
the said Richard Partridge< no role > then and there accidentally casually and by Misfortune fall from the Top of
the said House on same loose Boards of Sea Folding projecting from the Garrett Window of the said House
and from thence to the Ground by means of which said falling he the said Richard Partridge< no role > then and
there received divers Mortal wounds Bruises and Fractures on his Head and other parts of his Body of
which Mortal wounds Bruises and Fractures he the said Richard Partridge< no role > then and there instantly Died
and so the Jurors aforesaid on their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Richard Partridge< no role > in manner and
by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise
and that the said Bricks and part of the Stone Coving of the Parapel Wall of the said House were
moving to his Death and are of no Value. 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 Year and Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

J Hookham Foreman