City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Twenty
seventh day of January 1781 at the
Parish of St. George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of Westmr . in
the County of Midsex upon an Inquistn.
touching the Death of Henry
Toppins< no role > lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County

Henry Walker< no role > of Kinghtsbridge Labourer on
his Oath saith That on Monday last (Jany. 22d)
Dept. was going for Grains to Mr. Stevens's
Brewhouse, That he saw Henry Toppins< no role >
the Deced leading aBlenHorse from Water in
the Road at Brompton in the Parish of
Kensington in the County of Middlesex
That the Horse appeared to be in Spirits
and was Dancing, That the Horse with his
Near Hind Foot kicked the Deced upon
his Head, Upon which the Boy fell down
Says that he with another Man took
the Deced up and carried him to the Sign
of the Bell and Horns there Says that
the Deced's Skull was fractured on the
Right side of his Head, and the Deced was
Speechless, and was soon after carried to
the WestmrSt George's Hospital in the Parish of
St. George Hanover Square , where he
died yesterday as Dept. was informed
and Dept. says that the Deced's death was
merely Accidental.

Sworn the Day Year & Place
abovementioned before me}

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .

The Mark of
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Henry Walker< no role >