To the Beadles and Constables of the Ward of Billinsgate

London

BY Virtue of my Office these are, in his Majesty's Name, to charge
and command you, that on sight hereof you summon and warn
Twenty-four good and sufficient Men of your Ward Personally
to be and appear before me on Thursday the second Day of
January at five of the Clock in the evening
at the house of Thomas Goodwin< no role > known by the
sign of the Coopers Arms situate in the ward aforesaid
then and there to do and execute all such things that shall be given
them in Charge, and to inquire on the Behalf of our Sovereign Lord
the King touching the Death of a Man unknown
and for your so doing this shall be your Warrant; and that you attend
at the Time and Place above-mentioned to make a Return of the
Names of those whom you have so summoned, and further to do and
execute such other Matters as shall be then and there enjoined you;
and have you then there this Warrant. Given under my Hand and
Seal this thirty first Day of December 1793

THOMAS SHELTON< no role > ,
CORONER. [mark]