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 Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church St. Peter , Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the First day of July in the twenty first
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 John Badham< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Thomas Forrester< no role > . John Sleap< no role > . WIlliam Bigbie< no role >
John Gibson< no role > , Henry Teaush< no role > , Edward Shea< no role > , William Soloman.
David Nicholson< no role > , Edward Mears< no role > . John Frazer< no role > , James
Barclay< no role > and William Russell< 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 John Badham< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Badham< no role > on the
twenty seventh Day of June in the Year aforesaid being upon certain peices
of Timber floating on the River Thames . It so happened that the
said John Badham< no role > accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell
off and from the said Timber into the said River Thames and in
the Waters thereof was then and there suffocated and drowned, of
which said Suffocation and drowning he the said John Badham< no role >
then and there dyed. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid, do say. That the said John Badham< 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 Thomas Forrester< 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 their Hands and Seals the
Day, year and Place above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Thos,, Forrester [mark] Foreman