City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex }
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at Knightsbridge in 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 Ninth day of July 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 William Bembow< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of
George Byles< no role > , James Wise< no role > , Thomas Stephens< no role >
William Stradling< no role > , Thomas Barbar< no role > , Edward Frost< no role >
William Hinchelwood< no role > , George Cockson< no role > , John Lee< no role > ,
Robert Anderson< no role > , Joseph Thorley< no role > and John
Mallard< 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 William Bembow came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say,
That the said William Bembow on
the Eighth day of July in the Year aforesaid going into the
Serpentine River in Hyde Park at the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, there to bath
himself, It so happened that Accidentally Casually and
by Misfortune he the said William Bembow was in
the water of the said River then and there suffocated
and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning
he the said William Bembow then and there instantly
died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid to say, that the said William Bembow
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 George Byles< 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
abovewritten

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
George BylesForeman