City and Liberty of Westmr.
in the County of Middlesex }
to Wit.

An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Parish of St. George Hanover Square , within the Liberty of the Dean and
Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County of Middlesex the
Nineteenth day of Marchin the fourth 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 Thomas Prickard< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King
for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of Barnaby Byrne< no role > then and there
lying Dead, upon the Oath of James Gardiner< no role > , William Watson< no role > , Alexander Commins< no role >
Charles King< no role > , Thomas Bull< no role > , Thomas Warr< no role > , John Rogers< no role > , Francis Bower< no role > , James Manley< no role >
William Towst< no role > , Thomas Graves< no role > , William Huntor< no role > and John Jennings< no role > , good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty
duly chosen 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 Barnaby Byrne< no role > came to his Death do
upon their Oath say, That the said Barnaby Byrne on the Eighteenth day of March in
the Year aforesaid, about two of the Clock in the Morning, was going up the Stairs
into his lodging Room or Apartment, being a Garret, in the Dwelling House of John
Dillin< no role > , situate in a certain Street called Pollin Street, in the said Parish of St. George
Hanover Square , within the Liberty and County aforesaid, And then and there being
in Liquor, It so happened that the said Barnaby Byrne Accidentally Casually and
by Misfortune fell down upon the Stairs leading to his said Garret, by Means of which
said Fall he the said Barnaby Byrne then and there received a violent Concussion upon the
Brain, of which said violent Concussion he the said Barnaby Byrne then and there
instantly Died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
Barnaby Byrne in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the
said Coroner, as the said James Gardiner< no role > 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 Year and Place first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner .

James Gardiner< no role > [mark] foreman