City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at Knightsbridge in 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 Third day of January 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 Wiliam Mumford< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of
Edward Chandler< no role > , Thomas Morley< no role > , Ralph Mills< no role > , William
Finn< no role > , Joseph Mathews< no role > , William Keppell< no role > , Benjamin Perry< no role > , William
Cleverly< no role > , Edward Whitaker< no role > , James Marshall< no role > , William Hinchelwood< no role > Robert
Hammond< no role > and Thomas Ludlow< 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 Mumford< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Second day of January
in the year aforesaid the said William Mumford< no role > was Strating
upon the Serpentine River in Hyde Park at the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid. It so happened that the Ice broke
and that the said William Mumford< no role > then and there accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune fell into the said River and in the [..] thereof, as
then and there Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and
Drowning he the said William Mumford< no role > then and there [..] And so the
Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid. do say, the the said William
Mumford< 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 Edward Chandler< no role > Foreman of
the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and the [..] 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 > Coroner

Edwd. Chandler
Foreman