City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Twenty eight
day of May 1787 . at Knights bridge in
the Parish of St. Margaret within the
Liberty of Westmr. in the County of Midsex
upon an Inquisition touching the
death of a Man unknown lying dead
in the said Parish Liberty & County

Joseph Hood< no role > Servant to the Revd. Mr. Harrison
at Knightsbridge in the Parish of Kensington
on his Oath saith That he had been Fishing with
his Master in Saturday last in the Serpentine
River and that Night his Master told him
that he might go the next Morning to look
for two Trimmers which they last in the
Serpentice River Says that he took a Best
and Rowed it in the Serpentine River
until he got until about two hundred
Yard of Kensington Garden Wall , and
near the Middle of the River Dept. discoverd
the Deced there upright with his affair above the water Says that he
fetched Mr. Jones Servant to Mr. Moor, who
Assisted Dept. to lift the Deced into the Boat
and they took him to the Shore in the Parish
of St. Margaret Westmr. appeared to have
Drowned but not thing, and Dept. says he saw him
in the River in the same Place on Saturday
last, and thinks that he saw him by the
River side on Friday [..] last when
Dept. was Fishing there and Dept. saw
no Marks of violence upon the Deced.

Joseph Hood< no role >

Sworn the Day Year
& Place abovementioned
before me
Thos. Prickard< no role > Coroner }