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 Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Eleventh day of November in the Twenty fourth
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 James Burrows< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Michael Castleden< no role > , Timothy Edwards< no role > , William
King< no role > Henry Horner< no role > , Thomas Ray< no role > , Peter Dargent< no role > ,
Edward Hawkins< no role > , John Hayman< no role > , Anthony Sheppard< no role >
Robert Southby< no role > Thomas Randall< no role > and John Brown< 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 James Burrows< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said James Burrows< no role > on
the Tenth day of November in the Year aforesaid being at the
bottom of the Stone Stairs at Westminster Bridge in the Parish
aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid and
being in Liquor It so happened that the said James Burrows< no role >
then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
fell into the River Thames and in the Water of the said
River was then and there Suffocated and Drowned,
of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said
James Burrows< no role > then and there died, And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
said James Burrows< no role > in Manner and by the Means
aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came
to his death, and not otherwise. In Witness where of
as well the said Coroner as the said Michael Castleden< 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 > [mark] Coroner

Mr. Castleden
Foreman} [mark]