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 Twenty sixth day of August 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
William Grant< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of William
Skelton< no role > , William Morris< no role > , William Dufour< no role > , William Burgess< no role > John Cordy< no role > ,
George Erkistin< no role > , Thomas Tilston< no role > , Samuel Phillips< no role > , William Tuff< no role > , Samuel
Warrington< no role > Edward Cook< no role > , Robert Sutherland< no role > , Richard Collins< no role > , Joachim
Sherlock< no role > and Joseph Dobree< 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 William Grant< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Grant< no role > a Laborer
on the Twenty fifth day of August in the Year aforesaid being in
the House of Jane Mackey< no role > Soap boiler situate in Peter Street in the
Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and
then and there standing upon a Stool by the side of the Copper
full of Soap, and with a Shovel stirring the same to prevent
its Boiling over, It so happened that the said William Grant< no role >
then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell off
and from the said Stool into the said Copper, so Boiling as
aforesaid, and therein was then and there Scalded and Burnt,
of which he then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
William Grant< 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 William Skelton< 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 Place first abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Wm. Skelton [mark] Foreman