City and Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middlesex }
to wit

An Inquisition Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord
the King at the Parish of St. Margaret in the City of Westmr. within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of
the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County of Middlesex , the Second day of
Januaryin the Seventh 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 > Gentlemen Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty. On
View of the Body of Edward Allen< no role > , then and there lying dead, upon th Oath of George King< no role > ,
Nathaniel Skeate< no role > , Josiah Dwight< no role > , John Hepworth< no role > , Robert Burn< no role > , James Wild< no role > , Charles
Hare< no role > , John Doleman< no role > , James Taylor< no role > , Henry Callis< no role > , Benjamin Watson< no role > , and John
Stanfield< no role > good and lawfull 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 Edward Allen< no role > came to his Death, do upon their Oath say, That
the said Edward Allen< no role > a Carpenter on the First day of January in the Year aforesaid, being
at Work in certain New built House situate and being in Great George Street in the
said Parish of St. Margaret within the City Liberty and County aforesaid, It so happened
that Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune the said Edward Allen< no role > fell down Stairs, and by
the Violence thereof did then and there receive and mortal Concussion in and upon the
Brain of him the said Edward Allen< no role > , of which said mortal Concussion he the said Edward
Allen< no role > from the said First day of January in the Year aforesaid until the Second day of
the same to Month in the same Year, at the said Parish City Liberty and County, did
languish and languishing did live, on Which said Second day of January in the Year
aforesaid, he the said Edward Allen< no role > at the Parish aforesaid within the City Liberty and
County aforesaid, of the said mortal Concussion did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Edward Allen< no role > Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune, in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, came to his Death, and not otherwise
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said George King< 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

Thos Prickard< no role > Coroner .

George King< no role > Forenoon