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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Fourth day of December in the Thirteenth
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 Charles Mills< no role > , John Wofindon< no role > , Joseph Gatland< no role > , John
Pool< no role > , William Squible< no role > , John Sellers< no role > , George Grants< no role > William
Carder< no role > , Anthony Faby< no role > , Augustus Elliot< no role > , Edward Gooch< no role > , Anthony
Smith< no role > and John Thomas< 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 on the unknown was found drowned and
suffocated in the River Thames , near unto Westminster Bridge in
the said Parish of Saint Margaret, whin 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 Charles Mills< 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
Charles Mills< no role > Foreman