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. Clement Danes
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Fifth day of March 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,
Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
John Simpson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John
Nichols< no role > , Joseph Whitshon< no role > , William Rhodes< no role > , Thomas Mitchell< no role >
Edward Orton< no role > , John Fleming< no role > , Henry Burk< no role > , Daniel Mitchell< no role > , John
Forbs< no role > , Joseph Comport< no role > , Thomas Gore< no role > , Thomas Murray< no role > , Thomas Stafford< no role > ,
and Thomas Morgan< 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 Simpson< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Simpson< no role > a Carpenter
on the fourth day of March in the Year aforesaid being in
the Workshop of Edward Taylor< no role > in Yeate's Court in the Parish
aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and the
said John Simpson< no role > having then and there a small Chissell
in his Hands, and being at work upon a certain wooden
Drawer, It so happened that part of the said Drawer on
which the said John Simpson< no role > was working then and there
gave way, and that the said Chissel Accidentally Casually and
by misfortune slipped against and into the left Breast
of him the said John Simpson< no role > , by means whereof the said
John Simpson< no role > the said John Simpson< no role > then and there received
one mortal Wound in and upon his said left Breast, of which
said mortal Wound he the said John Simpson< no role > then and there
died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
say, that the said John Simpson< 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 John Nichols< no role > Foreman of
the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

John Nichols< no role > Foreman