Middlesex .
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An Inquisition indented taken for our sovereign Lord the King at The Parish of Saint James
Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex , the First Day of May in the 21st 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, Etc. before Edward Umfreville< no role > one of the Coroner s of Our said Lord the
KING, for the said County, on view of the body of William Bell< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the oath of James Wisker< no role >
Richard Freer< no role > , William Taylor< no role > , James Tavenor< no role > , John Peake< no role > , John
Witchell< no role > , Mathew Rookes< no role > , Thomas Munsey< no role > , Paul Parry< no role > Alexander
Chriystal< no role > , Henry Morris< no role > and John Richardson< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said County duly chosen as by Law required, and 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 William Bell< no role >
came to h is Death, who upon their Oath say, That the said William
Bell in the Twenty ninth Day of April in the Year aforesaid being
a Prisoner in New Prison in the Parish and County aforesaid And having
with divers other Prisoners in an unlawfull riotous and tumultuous Manner assembled
themselves together and Attempted to break out of and escape from the
said Prison And having also in such their Attempt unlawfully and
with Force and Arms assaulted certain Persons to the Jurors aforesaid
unknown who were then and there stationed to keep the said Prison and to
prevent the Prisoners therein confined from Breaking out and escaping
therefrom They the said Persons so as aforesaid unknown in their
own Defence And in [..] Order to prevent the said Prisoners from
Making their Escape as aforesaid certain Guns loaded with Gun powder
and Leaden Bullets which they then and there had and held in their Hands
to and amongst the said Prisoners did then and there short off and discharge
By Means whereof he the said William Bell< no role > did then and there receive
divers Mortal wounds in and upon the Body of him the said William Bell< no role > This name instance is in set 2642.
Of which said Mortal wounds he the said William Bell< no role > then and there died
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do Say That the
said Persons so as aforesaid unknown in Defence of themselves And to prevent
the Escape of the said William Bell< no role > and the rest of the said Prisoners
as aforesaid him the said William Bell< no role > in Manner and by the Means
aforesaid Did kill and slay

In Witness whereof, as well the said Coroner, as the said James Wisker< no role > the Foreman of
the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their
Hands and Seals the Day and Year first abovementioned.

E: Umfreville [mark] Coronr.
James Whisker< no role > [mark] Foreman