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. 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 Twentieth day of March in the Twelfth 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
Thomas Stout< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas
Bedford< no role > , William Ward< no role > , Leo Pridle< no role > , John Warner< no role > , Thomas Hill< no role > , John Carter< no role > , William Hawkins< no role >
Richard Morris< no role > , John Edwards< no role > , Anthony Mudford< no role > , Thomas Masters< no role >
Richard Philips< no role > and Daniel Philip Rehn< 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 Thomas Stout< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Stout< no role > on the Sixteenth day of
March in the Year aforesaid being driving a certain Cart loaden with Dung
and drawn by two Horses in the King's Road leading to Chelsea in the County
aforesaid, and then and there Riding upon the Shaft of the said Cart, and
being Intoxicated with Liquor, It so happened that the said Thomas Stout< no role >
then and there Accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell off and from the
Shaft unto the Ground in the said Road, and that the Near wheel of the said
Cart Passed over both the Legs of the said Thomas Stout< no role > , by Reason where of
he the said Thomas Stout< no role > then and there received one mortal Bruise in
and upon his Right Leg and one mortal Fracture in and upon his left Leg,
of which said mortal Bruise and Fracture he the said Thomas Stout< no role > from the said
Sixteenth day of March in the Year aforesaid until the Seventeenth day of the
same month and Year, at the said Parish of St. George Hanover Square within
the Liberty and County aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live
On which said Seventeenth day of March in the Year aforesaid at the Parish
Liberty and County aforesaid he the said Thomas Stout< no role > of the mortal Bruise
and Fracture aforesaid, did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, tha the said Thomas Stout< no role > in Manner and by the Means
aforesaid Accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not
otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Thomas Bedford< 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 at
their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place first abovewritten

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
Thos. Bedford< no role > Foreman