City and Liberty
to Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Parish of St. 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 seventh day of May 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, 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 George Richards< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of George Stoddart< no role > , Thomas Ballard< no role > , John Davies< no role > , Thomas
Style< no role > , John Bounall< no role > , Henry Clunn< no role > , Thomas Cass< no role > , David Johnson< no role >
William Cooke< no role > , Robert Donald< no role > , Stephen Spre< no role > , George Brown< no role >
and John Ballard< 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 George Richard< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Twenty fifth day of May in
the year aforesaid, the said George Richards< no role > being riding behind a certain
Coach drown by Two Horses at a Place called Hay Hill situate in the said
Parish of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid
It so happened that the said George Richards< no role > Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune fell off and from the hinder foot Board of the said Coach, upon the Stone
Pavement in the said Publick Street. and thereby then and there received divers
Bruises in and upon the left side of his Body, [..] upon Two of his
Ribs on the left side, of which mortal Bruises and Fracture to the said George
Richards< no role > from the said Twenty fifth day of May in the year aforesaid, until the
Twenty sixth day of the same Month at the Parish and in the Liberty and
County aforesaid, did languish and languishing did live; on which said Twenty
sixth day of May in the year aforesaid at the said Parish Liberty and County
he the said George Richards< no role > of the mortal Bruises and Fracture aforesaid
did die, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say
that the said George Richards< 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 George Stoddart Foreman< no role > 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

George Stoddart [mark] Foreman< no role >