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 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 Thirty first day of August in the Nineteenth 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 Smith< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas
Lyme< no role > George Michell< no role > , John Ward< no role > , Henry Porter< no role > ,William Abbott< no role >
Robert Bennet< no role > , Henry McLaughlin< no role > , John Greenhalgh< no role > John Dickson< no role >
John Johnson< no role > John Baker< no role > & William Gellars< 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 Smith< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Smith< no role > a Slater
on the Thirtieth day of August in the Year aforesaid
being at Work upon the Ridge of the Dwelling House of
the Honourable Charles Marsham< no role > Situate and being in
Arlington Street in the Parish aforesaid within the
Liberty and County aforesaid, And that it so happened
that the said John Smith< no role > then and there Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune fell off and from the said ridge
unto and upon the Flatt of the said House, (which said
Flatt was covered with Lead.) and thereby then and there
received one mortal Wound and Fracture in and upon the
Rightside of his Head, of which said Mortal Wound and
Fracture he the said John Smith< no role > then and there Died
and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do
Say, that the said John Smith< 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 Thomas Lyne< 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
Thos Lyme Foreman