Middlesex Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st May 1781 - 31st December 1799

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An Inquisition [..] of Saint Man [..]
Newington in the County of Middlesex , the [..] Day of January in the 22d. Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the third [..] Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of
the Faith, Etc. before Edward Umfreville one of the Coroners of Our said Lord
KING, for the said County, on view of the body of John Wylett< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the oath, of George Ross< no role > Henry
Bents Edward Smith< no role > Edward Giles< no role > William Newman< no role > Thomas
Burgin Elisha Webb< no role > Edward Harris< no role > Roger Smith< no role > Thomas Smith< no role >
and John Morgan< no role > and George Welton< 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 John Wylett< no role >
came to h s Death, Do upon their Oath say, That the said John Wylett< no role >
on the Fourteenth Day of June in the Year aforesaid being riding on a
certain Horse a long The Kings Highway in the Parish and County aforesaid
It so happened That he the said John Wylett< no role > then and there accidentally
casually and by Misfortune fell from the said Horse to and upon the Ground
By Means whereof he the said John Wylett< no role > then and there received divers
Mortal Bruises of which said Mortal Bruises he the said John
Wylett then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon then Oath
aforesaid Do say That the said John Wylett< no role > in Manner and by the
Means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune Came to his Death

In Witness whereof, as well as the said Coroner, as the said George Ross< 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

George Ross< no role > [mark] Foreman




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