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 John Smith< no role > the Sign of the King's head James street in 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 twenty fourth day of November 1797
in the thirty eighth 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 Charles Sealey< 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 Charles Sealey came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Charles Sealey on the twenty second day
of November in the year aforesaid at the Parish of Battersea in the
County of Surrey [..] To Wit at a certain Mash Tub of Malt and
Scalding water at a still House at Battersea aforesaid there being employed It so happened that
accidentally casually and by Misfortune he the said Charles
Sealey then and there fell into the said Tub and in the said boiling
Water was then and there scalded of which said Scalding he the
said Charles Sealey did languish and languishing did live
until the twenty third day of November in the year aforesaid on which said
twenty third day of November in the year aforesaid at the said parish
of Saint Margaret in the Liberty aforesaid he the said Charles Sealey
of said Scalding, did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
Oath aforesaid do say that the said Charles Sealey 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 Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }

Alexr. Robertson< no role >
Robt Maples< no role >
The [mark] Mark
of John [mark] Jones< no role >
Wm Till< no role >
Richard Williams< no role >
James Smith< no role >
William Bias< no role >

P Wyness
William Spimmons< no role >
Samuel Higly< no role >
John Jones< no role >
John Clarke< no role >
George Hatchard< no role >
William Newland< no role >