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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Fourth day of September 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 Greavson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Samuel
Ray< no role > Michael Castledine< no role > , William Arnull< no role > George White< no role > , James Laycock< no role >
Samuel Sifton< no role > , George Hopkins< no role > , Christopher Harley< no role > , John Lee< no role > , James
Hargrave< no role > , Henry Smith< no role > & John Struter< 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 Greavson< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said John Greavson a Laborer on
the Fourth day of July in the Year aforesaid being at Work upon the
New Building in Somerset House in the Parish of St. Mary le
Strand in the County aforesaid, and then and there being upon
a Ladder on the inside of the said Building near the top thereof,
and carrying some Lead, It so happened that the said John Greavson
did then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fall
down off and from the said Ladder. through the Joists unto the
First Floor, and thereby then and there received divers violent
Bruises in and upon his Head an left Arm, of which said
mortal Bruises he the said John Greavson from the said Fourth
day of July in the July Year aforesaid until the third day of September
in the same Year at the said Parish of St. Margaret within the
Liberty and County aforesaid did languish and languishing
did live, on which said Third day of September in the year
at the said Parish of St. Margaret within the Liberty and County
aforesaid he the said John Greavson of the mortal Bruises aforesaid
did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, that the said John Greavson 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 Samuel Ray< 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 abovewritten

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner .

Samuel Ray< no role > [mark] Foreman