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 Martin in the Fields
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirty first day of October in the Thirty second
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 John Powell< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of William Chapman< no role > , Robert Shepherd< no role > , John Manley< no role > , John
Gilton, Francis Delahunt< no role > , Richard Davis< no role > , John Quick< no role > , Christopher Weisenbourn< no role >
Benjamin Wall< no role > , Thomas Taylor< no role > , Mathias Weston< no role > , Charles Moss< no role > , John Howden< no role >
Robert Frampton< no role > and John Miller< 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 John Powell< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say,
That on the Twenty Eighth day of October in
the Year aforesaid the said John Powell< no role > a Plumber being at Work upon
a new built House situate in Craven Street in the said Parish of St. Martin
in the Fields within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and then and there
standing upon a Parapet Wall at the Height of Four Stories It so happened
that his Foot slipt and that he the said John Powell< no role > Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune fell off and from the said Parapet unto the Ground, and
thereby then and there received a Dislication of the Neck and divers Bruises upon
the Body of him the said John Powell< no role > , of which said mortal Bruises and Dislication
he the said John Powell< no role > then and there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said John Powell< 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 William Chapman< 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 > Coroner
Wm. Chapman< no role > Foreman