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 fourth day of December in the twenty sixth
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 A Woman unknown then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of William Hepburn< no role > , William Ashdon< no role > , George Brown< no role > ,
Timothy Edwards< no role > , William Birrall< no role > , Robert Southly< no role > , George Payn< no role > ,
William Wethrell< no role > , Hardey Allen< no role > , William Cothsell< no role > , Edward Hawkins< no role > ,
and Thomas Honeycombe< 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 Woman unknown came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Woman unknown, on
the Twenty fourth day of December in the Year aforesaid, was
found drowned and suffocated in the River Thames near the
wooden Bridge in the said Parish of Saint Margaret within
the Liberty and County aforesaid, That the said Woman
unknown had no Marks of Violence appearing on her Body,
But how and by what Means she became drowned and
suffocated, no Evidence thereof doth appear to the Jurors.

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the
said William Hepburn< no role > Foreman of the said Jarorson
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 above mentioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Wm Hepburn< no role > [mark] Foreman