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 Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Eighth day of September 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
George Clayton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of George
Findlay< no role > , Charles Smith< no role > , William Gates< no role > , George Gardiner< no role > , Robert Thatcher< no role > ,
Joseph Poynton< no role > , John Benson< no role > , William Tennant< no role > , Joseph Buckmaster< no role > , Martin
Stephens< no role > , William Richard< no role > and William Egerton< 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 George Clayton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said George Clayton< no role > on the Second day
of September in the Year aforesaid being in the Yard adjourning to the
dwelling House of James Jones< no role > Victualler situate in the Parish and
County aforesaid, And being then and there Intoxicated and in Liquor
It so happened that the said George Clayton< no role > did then and there Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune fall down the Cellar Stairs in to the Cellar
of the said James Jones< no role > , and thereby did then and there receive divers
Bruises in and upon the Back and Head of him the said George Clayton< no role > ,
of which said mortal Bruises he the said George Clayton< no role > from the said Second
day of September in the Year aforesaid untill the Seventh day of the same
Month and Year at the Parish and in the Liberty and County
aforesaid did languish [..] languishing did live, on which said
Seventh day of September aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty
and County aforesaid, he the said George Clayton< no role > of the mortal Bruises
aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, that the said George Clayton< no role > in Manner and by the Means
aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to his death,
and not otherwise. In Witness 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

George Findlay< no role > [mark] Foreman