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 St. Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter , Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Ninth 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 William Sivers< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Joseph Collins< no role > , Thomas Goodale< no role > , Holles Cave< no role >
George Smith< no role > , William Sheppard< no role > , John Wilson< no role > , Mathew Cooling,
John Milton< no role > , James Stewart< no role > , James Arguart< no role > , John
Glindining< no role > , and James Fraser< 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 William Sivers came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Sivers< no role > a Waterman
on the Seventh day of February in the Year aforesaid having his
Lug Boat loaded with Staves, on the outside of the Barges upon
the River Thames , at Hungerford Stairs in the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid And that the said William
Sivers in crossing the said Barges towards his own Boat then and
there Accidently Casually and by the Misfortune fell into the said River
Thames and in the Water thereof was then and there suffocated and
Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the William
Sivers then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say, that the said William Sivers in Manner
and by the Means aforesaid Accidently Casually and by Misfortune
came his Death.

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said Joseph Collins< no role > Foreman of the said Jurrors
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

Joseph CollinForeman