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 Twenty first day of October 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 Jones< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of
Richard Mason< no role > , James Randall< no role > . John Watts< no role > ,
Isaac Heaveningham< no role > , William King< no role > , Matthew Todd< no role > ,
Robert Anderson< no role > , Samuel Ray< no role > , Henry Leadaw< no role >
Robert Ellis< no role > , William Woods< no role > , and William Skirving< 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 Jones< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say,
That the said William Jones< no role > a
Laborer on the Twentieth day of October in the Year aforesaid
being at Work in Repairing a House in St. Margarets Street in the
Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
And then and there coming through a Window on the Second Floor
in the Front of the said House, and Holding by a Cord which
the said William Jones< no role > had in both his Hands so happened
that the Cord broke, and that the said William Jones< no role > Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune fell down into the Area of the said
House, which was paved with Stone,and thereby then and there
did receive divers Mortal Fracture's and Bruises in and upon
different parts of his Body, of which said Mortal Fractures and
Bruises he the said William Jones< no role > then and there died, and so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the
said William Jones< 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 Richard Mason< 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
Richd. MasonForeman