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 March 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 James Neal< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Matthew Castleden< no role > , William Vincent< no role > , Robert Southby< no role > , James
Giles< no role > , Robert Lincoln< no role > , Henry Gale< no role > , William Burt< no role > , Nathan Marshall< no role >
Joseph Clark< no role > , William Clishold< no role > , Richard Mansell< no role > William
Wallin Robert Moore< no role > and William King< 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 James Neal< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Third day of March in the your
aforesaid the said James neal being upon the Wharf (belonging to his Grace
the Duke of Richmond in the Parish and County aforesaid and with a
certain String drawing a small Boat upon the River Thames by the side
of the said Wharf It so happened that the said James Neal< no role > Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune fell off and from the said Wharf into the said
River Thames and in the Water of the said River was then and there
suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the
said James Neal< no role > then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said James Neal< 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
Coroner as the said Michael Castleden< 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

Michl: Castleden< no role > [mark] Foreman