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 twenty seventh 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 Body of Patrick Thornton then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of David Stoddart< no role > , James Hill< no role > , John Burgin< no role > , Francis
Daniel< no role > , John Ludley< no role > , John Wheland< no role > , John Bell< no role > , William
Perott< no role > , Henry Kent< no role > , Benjamin todd< no role > , Joseph Johnson< no role > and
William Westmacott< 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 Patrick Thornton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Patrick Thornton< no role > a
Brick layers labourer on the twenty sixth day of June in the Year
aforesaid being at Work upon the House of Lady Clifford situate and
being in Bruton Street in the said Parish of Saint George Hanover
Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid and then and
there going up a long ladder against the front of the said House
It so happened that the said Patrick Thornton Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune fell off and from the said Ladder upon the Iron
Rails before the said House, by Means whereof the said Patrick Thornton
then and there Received Mortal Wounds and Fractures in and
upon the right side of the head of him the said Patrick Thornton< no role > of
which said Mortal Wounds and Fractures he the said Patrick Thornton< no role >
then and there instantly died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say that the said Patrick Thornton< 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 David Stoddart Foreman< no role > of the said Jurors on the
behalf of himself and the rest of this Fellows in their presence
have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
and Place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

David Stoddard [mark] Foreman