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 Sixteenth 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 Thomas Day< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Richard Barnett< no role > , John Austin< no role > , John Ritcherson< no role > , Edward
Thomas< no role > , John Molloy< no role > , Thomas Slater< no role > , George Watts< no role > , John Williams< no role > ,
Richard Huntly< no role > , William Rhodes< no role > , John Rook< no role > , Alexander.
Reed< no role > , and Alexander Miles< 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 Thomas Day< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Thomas Day< no role > a Bricklayer on
the fifteenth day of August in the Year aforesaid, being at Work at the
House of Captain Berkley situate in Dover Street in the Parish aforesaid,
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, And then and there standing upon
a Board on the outside and on the back part of the said House, It so happened
That the said Thomas Day< no role > Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell
down off and from the said Board at the Height of two Stones unto and
upon the Stone Pavement on the Back Flat and thereby then and there
received a Mortal Wound and Fracture on the Back part of the Head of him
the said Thomas Day< no role > of which said Mortal Wound and Fracture he the
said Thomas Day< no role > then and There instantly died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say. That the said
Thomas Day< no role > Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, in Manner
and by the Means aforesaid, came to his Death.

In Witness whereof as
well the said Coroner , as the said Richard Barnett< 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 mentioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Rd. Barnett< no role > [mark] Foreman