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 Country of Middlesex , the Twenty Seventh day of January in the Thirtieth
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 Adam Smith< no role > an Infant then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of William Whitworth< no role > , Richard Hillier< no role > , James Tulatt< no role >
Robert Ward< no role > , Samuel Norris< no role > , Thomas Haskell< no role > , Duncan Watson< no role >
George Lucas< no role > ,Thomas Reeves< no role > , John Gracie< no role > , John Fusedale< no role >
and Henry Leech< 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 Adam Smith< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Tenth day of January in the Year
aforesaid the said Adam Smith< no role > the Infant of the Age of Four Years, being
with another Infant in the Lodging Room or Apartment of Mary Smith< no role > the Mother
in the House of Edward Medley< no role > situate in Great Tye Street in the said Parish of
Saint Margaret within the Liberty and Country aforesaid, It so happened
that the Linen Clothes which the said Adam Smith< no role > the Infant then and there
had on his Body Accidentally Casually and by misfortune took fire whereby the
said Adam Smith< no role > was then and there Violently Court, in and upon the Breast
sides and neck of him the said Adam Smith< no role > , of which said burning he the
said Adam Smith< no role > at the parish and in the Liberty and Country aforesaid
from the said Tenth day of January in the year aforesaid untill the Twenty
sixth day of the same Month and Year, did languish and languishing did live
on which said Twenty sixth day of January in the Year aforesaid he the said
Adam Smith< no role > at the Parish and in the Liberty and Country aforesaid of the mortal
burning aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say that the said Adam Smith< no role > in manner and by the means aforesaid
Accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise

In Witness where of as well said Coroner as the said
William Whitworth< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf of himself and
the rest of this Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their
Hand and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Wm WhiteworthForeman