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 George Hanover Square
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 August 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 Charity Hancock< no role > an Infant then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Richard Oakes< no role > , John Payne< no role > , William Jefferies< no role > ,
John Imeson< no role > , James Read< no role > , John Mathews< no role > , Robert Cockshell< no role > ,
John Collingwood< no role > , William Warren< no role > , Thomas Oaks< no role > , Edward
Kennedy< no role > and Joseph Higgs< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Charity Hancock came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Charity Hancock the
Infant to Wit, of the Age of One Year and four Months on the fifth
day of August in the Year aforesaid, being in the Room or
Apartment of Edward Hancock< no role > in the Dwelling House of John
Imeson< no role > situate in Down Street in the Parish aforesaid,
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, And that a large Sauce-
-pan full of Boiling Water was then standing upon the Hearth
in the said Room. It so happened that the said Charity Hancock
fell upon the Handle of the said Saucepan and threwdown
the said Boiling Water, by Means whereof the said Charity
Hancock the Infant Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
was then and there violently Scalded and and Burnt of which
said Scalding and Burning she the said Charity Hancock from
the said fifth day of August in the Year aforesaid, until the
seventh day of the same Month and Year at the said Parish of
St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid, did languish
and languishing did live on which said Seventh day of August in the
year aforesaid. She the said Charity Hancock at the Parish and in the
Liberty and County aforesaid, of the Scalding aforesaid, did die. And or the Jurors
aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Charity Hancock
the Infant Accidentally Casually by Misfortune in Manner and by the
Means aforesaid, came to her death.In Witness whereof as well
the said Coroner, as the said Richard Oakes< no role > Foreman at 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
Richd Oakes< no role > [mark] Foreman