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

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at Tothill Fields Bridewell 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 Twenty ninth day of December in the Thirteenth 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
John Short< no role > a Prisoner then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John
Niblet< no role > , Thomas Watts< no role > , Charles Pollard< no role > , Henry Wright< no role > , Charles Pevey< no role > , Peter
Austin< no role > , Murdock Mc.Loed< no role > , John Vallar< no role > , William Pelham< no role > , Isaac Jones< no role > ,
John Lane< no role > and James Brown< 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 John Short< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said John Short< no role > being a Prisoner
in Tothill Fields Bridewell aforesaid, in the Parish and in the
Liberty and County aforesaid, on the Twenty eighth day of December
in the Year aforesaid at Tothill Fields Bridewell aforesaid, departed
this life, by the Visitation of God, in a natural Way, and not by
any violent Means whatsoever. In witness whereof as well
the said Coroner as the said John Niblet 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

John NibletForeman