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 third day of September 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 Thomas Morris< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Richard Vakes< no role > , John Johnson< no role > , Thomas Britton< no role >
James Stonnell< no role > , Michael Duff< no role > , Adam Andrews< no role > , John Walter< no role >
Alexander Henderson< no role > , John Bass< no role > , John Palen< no role > , John Wansall< no role > , Charles
Harris< no role > and Thomas Edwards< 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 Morris< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say ,That on the Twenty second day of September
in the Year aforesaid the said Thomas Morris< no role > a Carpenter, being at Work
upon a House now building in Piccadilly , in the said Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty and county aforesaid, and being in
the Cellar of the said House striking the Center, It so happened that
the Abutment gave way and that the Crown of the Arch, then and there
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell down upon the said
Thomas Morris< no role > , by means whereof the said Thomas Morris< no role > did then
and there receive, one mortal Bruise in and upon his Head, and a
Fracture on the right Leg, of which said mortal Bruise and Fracture,
he the said Thomas, Morris then and there instantly died, And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
Thomas Morris< 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
Cowner, as the said Richard Oakes< 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

Richd: Oakes< no role > Foreman