City & Liberty of
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 Twentieth seventh day of April 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 James Cutbush< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Poole< no role > , Henry Hagan< no role > , Henry Wilson< no role >
Isaac Haveringham< no role > , Anthony Sheppard< no role > , James
Randall< no role > , James Abbott< no role > , John Whenham, Thomas
Scott< no role > , Anthony Febry< no role > , James Barrat< no role > and
Jonathan Barton< 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 Cutbush came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said James Cutbush
on the Twenty third day of April in the Year aforesaid in the
Evening, being Riding a certain Horse near the End of
Westminster Bridge in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
and County aforesaid, It so happened that the Horse slipped
and the said James Cutbush being Intoxicated with Liquor,
then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
fell off and from the said Horse upon the Stone Pavement,
by Means whereof the said James Cutbush then and there
Received a mortal Fracture in and upon the Right side of his
Head, of which said Mortal Fracture he the said James Cutbush
at the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid did lanquish
until the Seventy sixth day of the same Month and Year
and then and there of the Fracture aforesaid did die. And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
said James Cutbush< no role > 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 John Poole< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on 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 .

John Poole Foreman