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 Westminster
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twelfth day of October in the Eighth 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
William Saunders< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Thomas
Hitchin< no role > , Henry Wood< no role > , William Fidoe< no role > , William Thomas< no role > , John Law< no role >
John Swallow< no role > , Jacob Knight< no role > , Thomas Scott< no role > , James Wild< no role > , Benjamin
Virtu< no role > , George Field< no role > and George Oheimb< no role > , good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said William Saunders< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said William Saunders< no role > on the Eleventh
day of October in the Year aforesaid being employed in Landing a large piece of
Timber with a Crane, at a certain Wharf called Philips's Wharf situate in
Scotland Yard in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields within the County aforesaid,
and the Iron Chain by which the said piece of Timber was drawn up, not being
properly secured around the Pole of the said Crane, It so happened that the said
Iron Chain slipped off the End of the said Pole, and that the said Pole was then and
there by the weight of the said Timber, drove around with great force to and
against the said William Saunders< no role > , by Means whereof he the saw William Saunders< no role >
did then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune receive divers
mortal Bruises in and upon his Back and left Side, of which said mortal
Bruises he the said William Saunders< no role > languished about two hours at the
said Parish of St. Margaret within the City Liberty and County aforesaid,
and then and there died of the said mortal Bruises. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say that the said William Saunders< 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 Thomas Hitchin< no role > Foreman
of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his 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

Thos. Hitchin< no role > Foreman