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 Fifth day of May 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 Davies< no role > an Infant then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Charles Ballard< no role > , James Allendice< no role > , John Edwards< no role > , Henry Nicholls< no role >
William Erry< no role > , William Booth< no role > , James Johnson< no role > , John Dummond< no role >
Richard Armitage< no role > , Thomas Beale< no role > , Alexander Murrs< no role > . John Besford< no role > , Thomas Bowers< no role >
William Bootel< no role > , William Wall< no role > , Henry Corner< no role > , Alexander Grant< no role > , Merrick
Field< no role > and Robert Durham< 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 Davies< no role > an Infant came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Thomas Davies< no role > the
Infant (to wit) of the Age of three Years or thereabout on the first day
of May in the Year aforesaid being at play with two other Children in
a certain Hay Lost situate in Mason's Arms Yard in the said Parish
of Saint George Hanover Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid
and the Door of the said Hay lift being open It so happened that the
said Thomas Davies< no role > the Infant Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune fell out of and from the said Hay lost unto and upon
the Stone Pavement in the said Yard and thererby did then and there receive
One Mortal Fracture in and upon the left side of the Head of him
the said Thomas Davies< no role > of which said mortal Fracture he the
said Thomas Davies< no role > then and there died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Thomas Davies< no role > the Infant 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
Charles Ballard< 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

Thos Prickard< no role > Coroner
C. BallardForeman