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. 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 July in the Sixteenth 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
David Phillpott< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Joseph
Kettlewell< no role > , Samuel Pryor< no role > , Robert Harris< no role > , John Hawkins< no role > , David
Taylor< no role > , Jeremiah Johnson< no role > , James Hoare< no role > , Edward Baythorn< no role > , John
Thompson< no role > , Richard Carter< no role > , William Branch< no role > , William Markins< no role > , James
Knowles< no role > , William Miller< no role > and James Barber< 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 David Phillpott< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said David Phillpott on the
Third day of July in the Year aforesaid being on Board a certain
Barge, under Sail, in and upon the River Thames in the Parish
aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, It so
happened that the said David Phillpott Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune fell out of and from the said Barge into the
said River Thames and in the Waters thereof was then and there
Suffocated and Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning
he the said David Phillpott< no role > then and there died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said David
Phillpott< 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 Joseph
Kettlewell< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first
abovewritten

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Joseph of Kettlewell [mark] Foreman