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 sixteenth day of July 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 John Latham< no role > , Thomas Briggs< no role > , John Davies< no role >
Robert Holmore< no role > , Richard Anson< no role > , Henry Branden< no role > , Thomas
Small wood< no role > , James Allerdice< no role > , Francis Chatting< no role > Thomas Dobson< no role >
William Elton< no role > and John Hood< 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 Man unknown came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Man unknown on the
fourteenth day of July in the Year aforesaid was found Drowned
and floating upon the River Thomas at Milbank in the said
Parish of Saint George Hanover Square within the Liberty
and County aforesaid that no Marks of violence appeared on the
Body, but how or by what means the said Mans unknown
became drowned and suffocated no Evidence thereof doth
appear to the Jurors.

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said John Latham< 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 > [mark] Coroner

Jno Latham< no role > [mark] Foreman