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 of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twentieth day of September 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
Joseph Byron< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Hugh
Morris< no role > , Michael Castleden< no role > , John Beals< no role > , William Ambler< no role > , John Clark< no role > , John
Rogers< no role > , James Bean< no role > , Lewis Hamilton< no role > , Jacob Knight< no role > , Elias Glayer< no role >
Nicodemus Haynes< no role > and John Shuter< 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 Joseph Byron< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Joseph Byron< no role > a Loborer on the
Seventh day of July in the Year aforesaid being with others unleading
large Stones out of a certain Barge in Scotland Yard at the Parish of
St. Martin in the Fields in the County aforesaid, It so happened that
one of the said large Stones then and there Accidentally Casually and
by Misfortune fell down upon the left Leg of the said Joseph Byron< no role > ,
by Means whereof the said Joseph Byron< no role > then and there received
one Mortal Bruise in and upon his said left Leg, of which said
Mortal Bruise he the said Joseph, Byron from the said Seventh day of
July in the Year aforesaid until the Eighteenth 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, of which said Mortal Bruise he the said Joseph Byron< no role > the said Parish
of St. Margaret within the Liberty and County aforesaid on the
said Eighteenth day of September in the Year aforesaid did die
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
said Joseph Byron< 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 Hugh Morris< 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

Hugh Morris< no role > Foreman