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 in the Liberty aforesaid at the House of John Plant< no role > , the Sign
of the Kings Head in James Street Westminster within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate
Church of St. Peter , Westminster , in the County of Middlesex , the twenty third day of December
in the Fortieth Year of the Reign on 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 Thomas Jones< no role > an Infant aged about two Years then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of the Several Jurors whose Names are hereunder 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 our Said Lord the King, when, how, and by
what Means the said Thomas Jones< no role > came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath Say That the said Thomas Jones< no role > an the nineteenth day
of December in the Year aforesaid being alone in his Mothers
Room ir Apartment in Saint Anne's Lane situate in the Parish
and Liberty aforesaid, It so happened that the Linnen Cloaths which
he the said Thomas Jones< no role > had on, whilst sitting by the Five Side,
accidentally, Casually and by misfortune, took Fire, by reason
whereof and from the Smook and Flame drising from the said Fire, he the
said Thomas Jones< no role > received divers mortal Wounds on his right Thigh
and from thence up to his Arm Pit, and other Parts of his Body, of which
said Mortal Wounds he the said Thomas Jones< no role > form the said nineteenth day of
to Wit the Swan in the this day of the December
December in the Year aforesaid, until the day following, at the Westminster
Infirmary in the Parish aforesaid did languish, and languishing did
live, on which said twentieth day of December in the Year aforesaid
in the Hospital aforesaid, he the said Thomas Jones< no role > , of the
said Mortal Wounds occasioned by the said Fire, did die.
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say
that the said Thomas Jones< 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 Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy Gell< no role >
Coroner
Thomas Chapmoor< no role >
Y Procter
Henry Hann< no role >
Saml Hodman< no role >
Joseph Parker< no role >
Christopher West< no role >

Robert Crisp< no role >
Thos. Haskell< no role >
Wm Till< no role >
Thos French< no role >
A Bury
Joseph Will< no role >