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 Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the fourteenth day of December in the twenty second 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
Thomas Dutton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Walter
Watkins< no role > , William Green< no role > , Alexander Nairn< no role > , Adam Dunkerley< no role > ,
John Maberley< no role > , John Barnet< no role > , Alexander Finley< no role > , Christopher Lewis< no role >
William Jones< no role > , John Mc.Intosh< no role > , Thomas Skilton< no role > , James Simpson< no role >
John Hawkes< no role > and john Rand< 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 Thomas Dutton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Thomas Dutton< no role > a Coachman
on the said fourteenth day of December in the Year aforesaid
being in the Stable of John Hatchett< no role > in the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and then and
there going up a Ladder into the Hayloft over the said Stable
It so happened that the said Thomas Dutton< no role > Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune fell off and from the said Ladder
unto and upon the Stone Pavement in the said Stable and
thereby then and there Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune did receive one mortal Fracture and Contusion
in and upon the left side of his Head of which said Fracture
and Contusion he the said Thomas Dutton< no role > then and there
died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, That the said Thomas Dutton< no role > Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune, in Manner and by the Means
aforesaid came to his death. In Witness whereof as
well the said Coroner, as the said Walter Wilkins Foreman of
the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the rest of his
Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set
their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovewritten.

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

Walter Watkins< no role > [mark] Foreman