Middx.

At the Parish of Chiswich the 15th [..]
of Decemr 1767 Touching the Death of [..]
Thomas Thorn< no role > then & their lying dead

Thos. Hobbs< no role > of Chiswick Fisherman says that
he Knew the Deceased from his Child hood That last
Thursday was Seavenight J 3d. Decr. he was wth. ye
Deced in a Boat off Mill Bank agt. Jane hall< no role >
his Bror Wm. Hobbs< no role > wth. him & also Jno. Cand< no role > [..]
Robt. Hobbs< no role > ye Younger George Daphen< no role > besides ye
one Delap a Waterman That they were coming. up the
River between 12 & 1 at Room That abt. nine of ye
Clock in ye Morning of ye same Day he was drawing
his Not at Burns for Fish That Richd Ellis< no role > a
Fisherman & Eight others whose Names he Knows not
except that of Joe Good fellow< no role > That they all
boarded him & One of them Knockt. him down
who was then alone wth. his Boy in his Beat &
took away his Staff & his Not That in Order to
save his life he Jumped over to an & went home
& after wards endeavoured to weaver his Not
which he did not do That the deced Jno. Powell< no role >
[..] Wm Hobbs James Daneson< no role > wth. Wm. Young< no role > &
Richd. Wire< no role > were in Company for that Purpose
That Richd. Ellis his Crew observing their
coming he saw Richd. Ellis ship in his Boat &
take up or prong Staff & seth. if Much ye. deced
over ye head & he [..] Gone him fall down on ye
Boat he was in That he saw him hit at hims
more then once but cannot say whether he stru [..]
him or not That i Witness [..] himself was Knight
down but by whom or wth. what Know not That
he heard ye Deced say you Rougue you have broke my
Ann That they afterward ran ye Boat ashore &
went away to saw their lines That on ye Evening of
same Day ye deced same to this Deponent house
& said to this Deponent that Rougue Ellis has
done my Jobb for me for he had ship him over ye
head & also broke his Ann Being asst touching