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 Sixth 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 an
so forth before Thomas Prickard< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord King for the said City and
Liberty. On View of the Body of Ann Watts< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of George
Hewitt< no role > , John Wilkinson< no role > , James Howarth< no role > , James Lloyd< no role > , Edward Pitts< no role > , Samuel Wiggin< no role > , William
Francklin< no role > , Francis Copland< no role > , James Dixon< no role > , Thomas Wilkins< no role > , Andrew Lime< no role > , John Hales< no role > ,
John Cook< no role > , James Asborn< no role > and John Doleman< 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 Ann Watts< no role > came to her Death, do upon the
Oath say, That on the Twenty first day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and Sixty six, the said Ann Watts< no role > , (the Wife of John Watts< no role > ,) being a lodger on the Second Floor
in the dwelling House of David Finlayson< no role > situate in Pye Street in the Parish aforesaid within the City
Liberty and County aforesaid, and then and there coming down Stairs in the said House, It so happened
that the Heel of the Shoe of the said Ann Watts< no role > Stuck in one of the Stairs, and that the said Ann Watts< no role > fell
down to the bottom of the said Stairs, by Reason whereof the said Ann Watts< no role > did then and there Accidents
Casually and by Misfortune receive two mortal Wounds, and Bruises, in and upon the left side of her Head
of which said mortal Wounds and Bruises she the said Ann Watts< no role > from the said Twenty first day of December
in the Year aforesaid, until the Fifth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and Sixty seven, at the Westminster Hospital situate in the Parish City Liberty and County aforesaid, did
languish and languishing did live, on which said Fifth day of January in the Year aforesaid she the
said Ann Watts< no role > at the Hospital aforesaid within the Parish City Liberty and County aforesaid, of the
mortal Wounds, and Bruises aforesaid, did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say, that the said Ann Watts< no role > in Manner and by the Means aforesaid, Accidentally, Casually and
by Misfortune came to her Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said George Hewitt< 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 > Coroner

Geo: HewittForeman