MIDDLESEX .
(To wit)}

AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
of Saint Leonard Shoreditch in the County of
Middlesex , the Second Day of December in the Twenty third 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, and so forth, before Edward Umfreville< no role >
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of
Ward Gray< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Thomas Sims< no role > John Gray< no role > , William Bowman< no role > , John Davis< no role > ; Joseph Arthur< no role > [..]
[..] Philip Price< no role > , John Williams< no role > , William Woodward< no role > Samuel
Harper< no role > , John Armstrong< no role > , John Adams< no role > and John Granger< 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 Ward Gray came to his
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That The said Ward Gray on the Twenty ninth Day
of November in the year aforesaid being the Driver of a certain Waggon [..] called
The Cambridge Waggon which was then passing along the Kings Highway through Shoreditch Turnpike in the
Parish and County aforesaid It so happened That accidentally casually and by
Misfortune fell from the said Ward Gray< no role > was then and there Jambe between One of the
Shaft of the said Waggon and the Gate Post of the said Turnpike By Means
whereof he the said Ward Gray then and there received divers Mortal Bruises in
and upon the Arms and Body of him the said Ward Gray of which said Mortal
[..] the said Ward Gray< no role > at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid
[..] Parish of Saint Mary [..] fellow [..] Chappell in
the said County to wit in a certain Hospital there situate [..] Languish for the
Space of an Hour or thereabouts and then died (to wit) in the Hospital aforesaid And
so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said Ward Gray< no role >
in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally, casually Misfortune
Came to his Death

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Thomas Sims< 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.

E Umfreville [mark] Coroner
Thos Sims [mark] Foreman