City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Intended, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at Knightsbridge in 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 Fourth day of February 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 John Berry< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Walker< no role > , George Grimwood< no role > , Thomas Tompson< no role > ,
Thomas Blyth< no role > , Robert Raynor< no role > , Thomas Smyth< no role > , Thomas
Barber< no role > , John Read< no role > , William Fenn< no role > , James Barr< no role > , James
Ellwell< no role > , and Robert Anderson< 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 Berry< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Berry< no role > not being of
sound Mind Memory and Understanding, but Lunatick and distracted,
on the Third day of February in the Year aforesaid, into the Serpentine
River in Hyde Park , in the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and
County aforesaid, did Cast and Throw himself by Means of which
said Casting and Throwing, he the said John Berry< no role > in the Water
of the said River, was then and then suffocated and drowned, of
which said Suffocation and Drowning, he the said John Berry< no role >
then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid,
upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, That the said John Bury< no role > , in
Manner and by the Means aforesaid, not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding, but Lunatick and Distracted, did
Drown and kill himself. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner, as the said John Walker< 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 above mentioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Jno. Walker< no role > [mark] Foreman