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 Ninth 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 William Stanley< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Samuel Daniel< no role > , William Thomas< no role > , John
Noble< no role > , Isaac Swain< no role > , Michael Castledine< no role > , John Tenkins< no role > ,
John Baynes< no role > , John Allen< no role > , Thomas William
Hudson< no role > , William King< no role > , Alexander Davidson< no role > ,
and William Barley< 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 Stanley< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Stanley< no role > (a
Person employed to watch the Coals at Night in the Barges upon
the River Thames at the Whart of Richard Medley< no role > Coal
Merchant at the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and County
aforesaid.) on the eighth day of June in the Year aforesaid,
being upon and Walking across certain Barges then and there
loaded with Coals, It so happened, that the said William Stanby
did then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
fall into the said River Thames and in the Waters there of was
then and there Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation
and Drowning he the said William Stanley< no role > then and there
died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid,
do say, that the said William Stanley< no role > in manner and by the
Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came
to his death and not otherwise.

In Witness where of as well
the said Coroner as the said Samuel Daniel< 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 written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
Saml: DanielForeman