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 Clement Daines
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the twenty seventh day of December in the twenty seventh
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 Cottell< no role > and Infant then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Robert Boyle< no role > , James Sanger< no role > , Robert Plaxton, George
Young< no role > , Stephen Harper< no role > , William Sturch< no role > Benjamin Booty< no role > ,
Benjamin Walker< no role > , James Jones< no role > , William Johnson< no role >
Nicolas Winter< no role > , John Elsworth< no role > , William Bruce< no role > , John
Richards< no role > , Michael Corbett< no role > , Francis Foulkes< no role > , Henry Prescot< no role > ,
William King< no role > Thomas Smith< no role > John Hall< 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 Cattell< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said William Cattell< no role > the Infant
on the twenty third day of December on the Year aforesaid at
the Parish and in the Liberty & County aforesaid being laid to sleep
in a certain turn up bed then and there being in a back room in
the dwelling house of William Catell< no role > the Father of the said William
Cattell< no role > the Infant . And Susanna Partridge< no role > Sister of Rebecca Cattell< no role > the
Mother of the said Infant coming into the said Room and not knowing
that the said William Catell was then and there asleep or lying
in the said Bed. it so happen'd that the said Susanna Partridge accidentally
Casually & by Misfortune then and there innocently turned up the said Bid
by Means whereof he the said William Cattell< no role > the Infant in the Cloaths of the
said bed was then and there Suffocated and Smothered of which said
Suffocation and Smothering he the said William Cattell< no role > the Infant
then & there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, That the said William Cattell< no role > the Infant in manner
and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally, Casually & by Misfortune
came to his Death.

In Witness whereof as Well the said
Coroner as the said Robert Boyle< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on
the behalf of himself & the rest of his Fellows in their Presence
have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day
Year and Place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Robt. BoyleForeman