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

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign for our Lord the
King at the Parish of St. 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 fifteenth day of March 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 mary Franks< no role > an Infant then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of William Payne< no role > , Samuel Davies< no role > , Charles Moss< no role > , Andrew
Oliver< no role > James Bussell< no role > , John Terry< no role > , Matthew Burberow< no role > ,
Edward Allen< no role > , David Gordon< no role > , Thomas Warren< no role > , Peter
Hewlins< no role > , and Alexander 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 Mary Franks< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Mary Franks< no role > an infant
of the Age of three Years be the fourteenth day of March in the Year
aforesaid being alone in the Lodging room or Apartment of William
Franks< no role > her Father in the dwelling house of Thomas Glasser< no role > situate
and being in Craven Court in the said parish of Saint martin in the
Fields within the Liberty & County aforesaid, it so happend that the Linen
Clothes which the said Mary Franks< no role > the Infant then and there had on her
Body accidentally Casually and by Misfortune took fire, and that the
said mary Franks< no role > was then and there violently burnt in and upon
the Belly breast sides neck and Arms of her the said Mary Franks< no role >
of which said Burning she the said Mary Franks< no role > then and there died
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that
the said Mary Franks< no role > accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
Came to her death and not otherwise

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said William
Payne< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on the Behalf of himself and therest
of his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their Hands
and Seals the day Year and place abovewritten

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Wm Payne< no role > Foreman