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

An Inquisition Indented, 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 fifth day of June 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 Crighton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of James Bedden< no role > , William Westby< no role > , Thomas Blythe< no role > ,
Joseph Moulsdal< no role > , George Prissen< no role > , Robert Shaw< no role > , Thomas Thompson< no role > ,
Robert Matthew< no role > , Benjamin Pervin< no role > , John Gayler< no role > , John Townley< no role > ,
and Richard Beedle< 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 Crighton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Crighton< no role > on the
fourth day of June in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish aforesaid,
within the Lilerty and County aforesaid, going into the
Serpentine River in Hyde Park , there to bathe himself, It so
happened that Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune,
he the said John Crighton< no role > was in the Water of the said
River then and there Suffocated and drowned of which said
Suffocation and drowning he the said John Crighton< no role > then and
there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon
their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said John Crighton< 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 James Redden< 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
James Redden< no role >
Foreman }