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 Thirty first day of March 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 Day< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Richard
Watlington< no role > , John Osborn< no role > , Benjamin Harding< no role > William Walkden< no role > , Robert Watson< no role > , James
Butcher< no role > , Thomas Dawes< no role > , William Dick< no role > , William Kendal< no role > , James Butler< no role > , Brackley Kennett< no role > ,
Thomas Griffiths< no role > , James Filewood< no role > and Charles Ellis< 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 Day< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Day< no role > on the said Thirty-
-first day of March in the Year aforesaid being upon a certain Chesnut-
-Horse in a certain Street called Piccadilly in the Parish of Saint George
Hanover Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and then
and there riding upon a gently Frot, It so happened that the said
Chesnut Horse slipped in his Feet. and fell down upon the said John Day< no role > ,
by Means whereof the said John Day< no role > then and there Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune received one mortal Wound and Fracture in and upon
the left side of his Head, of which said Mortal Wound and Fracture he
the said John Day< no role > on the same Day and Year at the said Parish of Saint
James within the Liberty and County aforesaid did die. And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said John
Day< 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 Richard Watlington
Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of
his Fellow, 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

Richd. Watlington< no role > Foreman