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 ninth day of June 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 a Man unknown then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Robert Anderson< no role > , John Coomes< no role > , John Towsley
William Kerr< no role > , William Hinshelwood< no role > , William Ellis< no role > , James Elwell< no role >
Benjamin Perrin< no role > , Samuel Rudd< no role > , John Peasly< no role > , William
Feecham< no role > and William Cade< no role > good and lawful Men of the Said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and charged to enquire our Said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Man unknown came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath Say That on the said ninth day of June
in the Year aforesaid the said Man whose name is unknown
was found Drowned and suffocated in the Serpentine
River in Hyde Park in the said Parish of Saint Margaret
within the Liberty and County aforesaid that no marks
of violence appeared on the Body but how or by what
means the said Man unknown became Drowned and
Suffocated no Evidence thereof doth appear to the Jurors

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said Robert Anderson< 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
Robert Anderson< no role > Foreman