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 Third day of October 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 James Matthews< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of James Reilly< no role > William Gillard< no role > , John Bailey< no role > , John
Conyer< no role > , John Truscott< no role > Robert Oction< no role > , Edward Mc. Donald< no role >
Thomas Smith< no role > , John Walsham< no role > , Edward Davies< no role > , John
Collingwood< no role > , Andrew Ramsey< no role > , Joseph Follett< no role > , John
Parvey< no role > and William Sidsey< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire of our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said James Matthews< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said James Matthews< no role > on the
said third day of October in the Year aforesaid being in the House
of the most Honourable the Marquiss of Lansdown situate in
Berkley Square in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
and County aforesaid and being on the back Stairs in the
said House. and infirm It so happened that the said James
Matthews< no role > then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
fell down unto and upon the stone Pavement at the bottom of
the said back Stairs whereby the said James Matthews< no role > then
and there Rece'd one Mortal Fracture in and upon the Frontal
Bone over the right Eye of him the said James Matthews< no role > of
which said mortal Fracture he the said James Matthews< no role >
then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said James Mathews< no role >
in manner and by the means aforesaid Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner
as the said James Reilly< 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 abovementioned

Tho Prickard< no role > Coroner

James Reilly< no role > Foreman