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 Seventeenth day of November in the Twenty Ninth
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 Elizabeth Bridgwater< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Shelton< no role > , Robert Roobard< no role > , Edward Stephens< no role >
John Christopher< no role > , George Pronting< no role > , Joseph Crewe< no role > , Benjamin Blake< no role >
James Gibbs< no role > , Thomas Poston< no role > , William Jones< no role > , Joseph Hull< no role >
and Joseph Grace< 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 Elizabeth Bridgwater came to
her Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Elizabeth Bridgewater< no role > in
the Sixteenth day of November in the Year aforesaid being a Ledger
in the House of John Shelton< no role > situate in Brown's Court in the
said Parish of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty
and County aforesaid and going into the back yard. It so happend
that the said Elizabeth Bridgewater fell down from the top unto
the bottom of the Cellar Stairs and thereby did then and there
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune receive a Contusion on
the back part of her Head and a mortal Concussion in and upon
the brain of her the said Elizabeth Bridgwater of which said
mortal Contusion and Concussion she the said Elizabeth Bridgewater
then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Elizabeth Bridgewater in
manner and by the means aforesaid Accidentally casually and by
misfortune came to her Death and not otherwise

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said John
Shelton< 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
J Shelton Foreman