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. Pater, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twelfth day of August in the twenty third
Year of the Regin 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 Richard Davey< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Thomas Campey< no role > , William Mc.Keene< no role > , John Foster< no role >
John Imeson< no role > , John Baber< no role > , John Fields< no role > , John Garrett< no role >
John Heacock< no role > , Edward Horn< no role > , Alexander Henderson< no role >
Joseph Sandell< no role > and John Bailey< 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 Richard Davey< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Richard Davey< no role > a Patrole, on the
Tenth day of August in the Year aforesaid being in Oxford Street in the
Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and
having then and there a Naked Hanger under his Coat on the leftside
of his Body It so happened that the said Richard Davey< no role > then and there
fell down and that the said Hanger penctrated the left Thigh of the said
Richard Davey< no role > , whereby the said Richard Davey< no role > Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune did then and there receive in and
upon the inside of the said left Thigh of him the said Richard Davey< no role >
one mortal Wound of the Length of one Inch and an half and of the
depth of three Inches, of which said Mortal Wound he the said
Richard Davey< no role > then and there died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Richard Davey< 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 Campey< no role > 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 abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
Thoms. Campey
Foreman}