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 of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty third day of January in the Eighteenth 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,
Corner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
John Fuller< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Edward
Arnold< no role > , Job Carey< no role > , Richard Bear< no role > , James Baker< no role > , Thomas Warton< no role >
Robert Maddox< no role > , William Ford< no role > , John Minnet< no role > , John Morris< no role > , Daniel
Toon< no role > , John Gaywood< no role > & Bernald Renold< 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 Fuller< no role > came to
h Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Fuller< no role > on the
Eleventh day of December in the Year aforesaid being in
a certain Boat upon the River Thames at a Place
called the Neat Houses in the Parish aforesaid with in
the Liberty and County aforesaid, and the said John Fuller< no role >
being alone, and the Boat being forced down by the Tide, It
so happened that the said John Fuller< no role > in endeavouring
with the Wooden Staff to push the said Boat towards the Shore
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell out of the said
Boat 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 John Fuller< no role > then and
there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, that the said John Fuller< no role > in manner and by the
means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came
to his death. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as
the said Edward Arnold< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors, 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 .

Edward Arnold [mark] Foreman