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 John the Evangelist Westminster
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Second day of August 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 Stephen Phillimore< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of Edward Spire< no role > , John Leigh< no role > , John Church< no role > , William
Whitbread< no role > , James Randall< no role > , Edward Ravenhill< no role > , William Street< no role >
John Price< no role > , John Road, William East< no role > , James Collingringe< no role >
and John Baker< 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 Stephen Phillimore< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say,
That on the first day of August in the
Year aforesaid the said Stephen Phillimore< no role > an Infant of the Age of
about Twelve year being at Play in a certain Coal Barge floating
upon the River Thames at the Wharf of Francis Douglas< no role > upon
Milbank in the said Parish of St. John the Evangelist within the
Liberty and County aforesaid and then and there standing on the side
of the said Barge It so happened that the said Stephen Phillimore< no role >
Accidentally Casually not by Misfortune fell off and from the said
Barge into the said River Thames and in the Water thereof was
then and there suffocated and drowned of which said Suffocation
and drowning he the said Stephen Phillimore< no role > then and there
died, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say
that the said Stephen Phillimore< 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 Edward Spice< 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 Hand and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner
Edward Spice< no role >

Foreman