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

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the House of William Hinton< no role > Sign of the black lion in Charles Court parish of St Martins 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 seventh day of July 1794 in the thirty fourth
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 Anthony
Gell< no role > , Esq. Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of John Hadwater then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written and
Seals a Fixed
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 Hadwater< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say that the said John Hadwater on the fifth day of
July in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid To Wit
at Wood's Wharf, going into the River Thames , there to bath himself. It so
happened that accidentally, casually, and Misfortune, he the said John
Hadwater< no role > was in the Waters of the said River then and there suffocated &
drowned; Of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said John
Hadwater then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid, do say that the said John Hadwater
in manner and by the Means aforesaid, accidentally, casually &
by Misfortune came to his death and not otherwise. In Witness
whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors have to the
Inquisition set Chair bands and Seals the day Year and
Place first above written.

Anthy Gell< no role >
Coroner
John Dillon< no role >
Foreman
John Orpwood< no role >
John Moir< no role >
John [mark] Hale< no role >

Richard Brand< no role >
Robert Hinxman< no role >
Jos Smith< no role >
John Hammond< no role >
Bejn. Fry< no role >
Peter Agar< no role >

John Douell< no role >
Basil Francis< no role >