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 Eleventh 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 William Turner< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Robert Askey< no role > , Timothy Bennett< no role > , John
Currie< no role > , William Steel< no role > , Thomas Yeoman< no role > , Thomas George< no role > ,
Thomas Robinson< no role > , John Lane< no role > , Charles Mills< no role > , John Griffiths< no role > ,
Thomas Scott< no role > , Anthony Fabry< no role > , James Hassell< no role > , Robert
Beaton< no role > , and James Mitchell< 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 Turner< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Turner< no role > a
Slater on the Tenth day of August in the Year aforesaid, being
at Work upon the Top of a certain Empty House situate in Arlington
Street . in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty
and County aforesaid, was then and there carrying Boards to make
a Scaffold in the Front of the said House. It so happened that the
said William Turner< no role > in passing along the Middle Gutler near the
Sky light which was not Glazed, Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune fell down through the said Sky light unto and upon the
Stone Pavement at the Bottom of and near unto the Kitchen
Door of the said House by Means whereof the said William Turner< no role > then
and there received divers Mortal Bruises and Fractures in and upon his
Head Thighs and Body of which said Bruises and Fractures at the
said Parish of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty and County
aforesaid, he the said William Turner< no role > instantly died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
William Turner< no role > in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune came to his Death. In Witness
whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Robert Askey< 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 > [mark] Coroner
Robt. Askey [mark] Foreman