[..] May in [..] Reign [..]
[..] 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
John Bedding< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Archibald Ramage< no role > , John Porter< no role > , John Hyder< no role > , Edward Basett, James Phillips< no role > , George South< no role >
Thomas Coulston< no role > , Robert Goddard< no role > , Kimbel Easley< no role > , Henry Crookford, Thomas Oddy< no role > , William Trippas< no role >
Henry Field< no role > and William Edwards< 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 John Bedding came to his
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That the said John Bedding< no role > on the Twenty second
Day of April in the Year aforesaid being an Infant of the Age of Fourteen years
or thereabouts and being at Play on certain Pieces of Timber then lying on the River
Thames at Limehouse Hole in the Hamlet aforesaid in the Parish and County aforesaid It so happened That he the said John
Bedding then and there accidentally casually and by Misfortune fell from the said
Timber into The River aforesaid and was in the Waters thereof then and there suffocated
and Drowned Of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said John Bedding then
and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That
the said John Bedding< 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 Archibald Ramage< 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