[..] Sovereign [..] at the Parish
[..] the Second Day of June in the Twenty first [..] the Reign of our
[..] Lord GEORGE the Third , by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before Thomas Phillips< no role >
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of
Charles Sykes< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Simon Seymour< no role > , William Campion, William Newman< no role > , John Cettle< no role > , John Kurby< no role > , James Baker< no role > , John Morgan< no role >
Edward Spencer< no role > , Thomas Burgan< no role > Thomas Rigby< no role > , Richard Gwinnett< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. , Thomas Morton< no role > , Matthew Bateman< no role >
Thomas Smith< no role > , William Giles< no role > and Francis Pierce< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
said Charles Sykes< no role > came to his
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That The said Charles Sykes< no role > on the Thirty first
Day of May in the Year aforesaid having gone into a certain River called The
New River at a Place called The Long Arch in the Parish and County aforesaid
in Order to Bath himself It so happened That accidentally, casually and by
Misfortune He the said Charles Sykes< no role > was in the waters of the said River
then and there suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning
he the said Charles Sykes< no role > then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said Charles Sykes< no role > in Manner and by the
Means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his Death

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Simon Seymour< no role >
the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
above written.

Thos. Phillips< no role > [mark] Coroner
Simon Seymour< no role > [mark] Foreman