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 ninth day of March in the thirty first
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 William Mather< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of Thomas Barr< no role > William Frowse< no role > , Joseph Dane< no role > ,
Henry List< no role > , Joseph Worner< no role > , James Blackwell< no role > , Robert
Watson< no role > , Thomas Hodgson< no role > , Alexander Bald< no role > , Joseph Wild< no role > , Hugh
Davis< no role > and William Ferm< 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 William Mather< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Twenty Eighth day of March
in the year aforesaid the said William Mather< no role > and one John Lewis< no role >
Quarreled and fought in Hyde Park in the said Parish of St. George Hanover
Square within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and that the said John Lewis< no role > then
and there with his left Hand the said William Mather< no role > did Strike upon the
right side of his Head, and that the said William Mather< no role > thereby did then and
then Casually and by Misfortune and against the Will of him the said John Lewis< no role >
receive a mortal Bruise and Concussion on the said Right side of his Head under
the Right Ear of him the said William Mather< no role > , of which said mortal Bruise and
Concussion he the said William Mather< no role > then and these died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say, that the said William Mather< no role > in
manner and by the means aforesaid Casually and by Misfortune and against the Will
of him the said John Lewis< no role > come to his Death and not otherwise

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as
the said Thomas Barr< 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

Thomas Barr< no role > [mark] Foreman