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. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Sixteenth day of February 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 Robert Mostyn< no role > Esqr. then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Thomas Greening< no role > , Edward Warren< no role > , Samuel Hudson< no role >
John Surby< no role > , William Brooks< no role > , Christopher Plunkett< no role >
Jonathan Andrews< no role > Richard Payne< no role > , John Kerby< no role > ,
Thomas Stone< no role > , Charles Ellis< no role > , and James Fox< 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 Robert Mostyn came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That John Montague Clarke< no role > late of the Parish
of Fulham in the County aforesaid Gentleman on the Thirteenth day of February
in the Year aforesaid with Force and Arms at the said Parish of Fulham in the County
aforesaid in and upon the said Robert Mostyn in the Peace of God and of our
said Lord the King then and there being feloniously did make an Assault.
And that the said John Montague Clarke a certain Pistol of the Value of Ten
Shillings charged and leaded with Gunpowder and a leaden Bullet which he
the said John Montague Clarke then and there had and held in his Right Hand to and against
the Body of him the said Robert Mostyn did then and there shoot off and discharge; by
Means whereof he the said John Montague Clarke did then and there feloniously give
unto him the said Robert Mostyn with the leaden Bullet aforesaid so as aforesaid shot off
and discharged out of the Pistol aforesaid by the force of the Gunpowder aforesaid
in and upon the Right Breast of him the said Robert Mostyn one Mortal Wound
of the Breadth of one Inch and of the Depth of three Inches of which said Mortal
Wound he the said Robert Mostyn on the said thirteenth day of February in the Year
aforesaid at the said Parish of Fulham in the County aforesaid and also at the said Parish
of Saint George Hanover, Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid did languish
and languishing did live, on which said Thirteenth day of February in the Year
aforesaid at the said Parish of Saint George Hanover Square within the Liberty and County
aforesaid he the said Robert Mostyn of the Mortal Wound aforesaid did die. And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said John Montague Clarke
him the said Robert Mostyn in Manner and by the Means aforesaid feloniously did kill
and slay, against the Peace aforesaid Lord the King his Crown and Dignity And that the said
John Montague Clarke at the time of the doing and Committing the Felony and Mans laughter
aforesaid or at any time since had no Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements within the said
Liberty or elsewhere to the Knowledge or Notice of the said Jurors. In Witness
whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Thomas Greening< 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 above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Thomas Greening< no role > Foreman