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 Twelfth day of December 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 James Stock< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of John Noble< no role > , James Green< no role > , Robert Southby< no role > , William
Hawkins< no role > , Joseph Hollingworth< no role > , James Sewell< no role > , Timothy
Butler< no role > , Edward book< no role > , John Way< no role > , Thomas applebee< no role > , Thomas
Huggins< no role > and Henry albon< 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 Stock< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Eleventh day of December in
the Year aforesaid the said James Stock< no role > was skating upon the Canal
in St. James's Park in the said Parish of St. Margaret Westminster
in the County aforesaid, It so happened that the Ice broke and that
the said James Stock< no role > Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell into
the said Canal and in the Waters thereof was suffocated and drowned
of which said Suffocation and drowning he the said James Stock< no role > on the
same day did die at the Parish of St. Margaret Westminster aforesaid
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
James Stock< 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
John Noble< 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
John Noble< no role > Foreman