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 James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Fifth day of November in the twenty eighth
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 Rabbs< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Joseph Jarvis< no role > , Edward Rogers< no role > , Robert Nicholson< no role >
Andrew Shepherd< no role > , Joseph Stringer< no role > , Emary Reeves< no role >
Henry Hillam< no role > , Jeffrey Bentley< no role > , Robert Perkins< no role >
Ralph Lonsdale< no role > , Thomas Hopkins< no role > , Henry Wight< no role > , Peter Fisher< no role >
William Ashley< no role > & John Belch< 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 Babbs came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Thomas Babbs< no role > on the
thirty first day of October in the Year aforesaid being in the
Stable of George Dorset< no role > situate in New Bond Street in the Parish
of Saint George Hanover Square within the Liberty & County
aforesaid and then and there Accidentally Casually and by
misfortune received a Kick in and upon his stomach from a
certain Black Horse in the said stable whereby the stomach of
the said Thomas Babbs was violently bruised of which said
Bruise the said Thomas Babbs at the said Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid from
the said thirty first day of October in the Year aforesaid until
the second day of November in the same Year did languish
and languishing did live on which said second day of November
in the Year aforesaid he the said Thomas Babbs at the Parish
last mentioned of the mortal Bruise aforesaid did die and
so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that
the said Thomas Babbs in manner and by the means aforesaid
Accidentally casually and by Misfortune did die
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Joseph Jarvis< 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

Jas JarvisForeman