City of 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 Second day of March in the twenty Fifth
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 Frederick Haigh< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Avery Tyrrell< no role > , James Wise< no role > , John Bargen< no role > , Hanbury
Potter< no role > , John Bowen< no role > , Thomas Exton< no role > , William Standwich< no role >
William Grant< no role > , John Millener< no role > , Thomas Stevens< no role > , James
Westacre< no role > and John Palmer< 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 Frederick Haigh< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Frederick Haigh on
the Twenty eighth day of February in the Year aforesaid
being skaiting upon the See on the Serpentine River in
Hyde Park at the Parish aforesaid within in the Liberty and
County aforesaid, That the Tee broke, and the said Frederick
Haigh then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
fell into the Serpentine River and in the Water thereof
was then and there Suffocated and Drowned, of which said
Suffocaation and Drowning he the said Frederick Haigh
then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Frederick Haigh 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 Avery Trrrell 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
Avery Tyrell< no role > Foreman