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 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 fourteenth 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 Alice Obrien< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of James Bubb< no role > , John Davenport< no role > , George Garter< no role > , John Martin< no role > ,
Richard Farguhar< no role > , William Fry< no role > , William Sunderland< no role > , John Turner< no role > ,
George Revell< no role > , William Style< no role > , Isaac Bignold< no role > , Barnabas Jessyman< no role > ,
Robert Dunkarton< no role > , William Perkins< no role > , William Tye< no role > . John Hodge< no role >
and Henry Scott< 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 Alice Obrien came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Alice Obrien< no role > on the
Thirteenth day of August in the Year aforesaid, being at play with
other Girls upon a certain Barge loaden with Coals in and upon
the River Thames at Fry Bridge in the Parish aforesaid, within the
Liberty and County aforesaid, and having hold of an Empty Barge
there floating, it so happened, that the said Alice Obrien then
and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell down
between the said Barges into the said River Thames and in
the Waters thereof was then and there Suffocated and
Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning, she
the said Alice Obrien then and there died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say
That the said Alice Obrien in Manner and by the Means
aforesaid. Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune came to
her Death

In Witness whereof as well
the said Coroner as the said James Bubb< 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
Jas. Bubb< no role > [mark] Foreman