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 Frances Viret< no role > the Sign of the ad Lion Union Street Parish of St. [..]
Hanover Square 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 January 1796
in the thirty sudh 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 King for the said City
and Liberty, on View of the Body of Thomas Girdler< no role > then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
Seals affixed, 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 Thomas Girdler< no role > came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Thomas Girdler< no role > on the eleventh day of
Janurary in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the
Liberty aforesaid To Wit in the Dwelling House of Mrs.
Leveson Gower in Charles Street Berkley, 19th one (with whom he she
said Thomas Girdler< no role > lived in the Capacity of Butler being then
and there going up the Stair, Case It so happened that accidentally
casually & by Misfortune he the said Thomas Girdler< no role > fell over the
Bannister of the said Stair Case unto and against the Kitchen Stairs
by Means where of he the said thomas Girdler< no role > then and there
received olivers Mortal Bruises on his Body servant of his Rits
being broken and [..] into his Body: of which said Mortal
Bruises and broken Rits as aforesaid he the said Thomas
Girdler< no role > then and there instantly died: And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Thomas Girdler< 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 Jurors, have to this Inqusition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

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