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 St. Peter Westminster
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirtieth day of June in the Twelfth Year
of the Regin 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 City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
Christopher Spence< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of James Beckett< no role > ,
Moses Cox< no role > , William Jones< no role > , James Griffiths< no role > , William Paterson< no role > , William Toone< no role > , William
Davies< no role > , Thomas Perren< no role > , Thomas Rising< no role > , Stephen Preston< no role > , Thomas Harwood< no role > , John Foye< no role > ,
Daniel Desmoulins< no role > and Cuthbert Smith< 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 Christopher Spence came to
his Death do upon their Oath say, That the said Christopher Spence on the
Twenty ninth day of June in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in
the Liberty and County aforesaid, to wit, at Chelsea Bridge , going into
the River there to bath himself, It so happened that Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune, he the said Christopher Spence< no role > was in
the Waters of the said RIver then and there Suffocated and Drowned,
of which said Suffocation and Drowing he the said Christopher Spence
then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Christopher Spence, 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 James Beckett< 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

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

J BeckettForeman