City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex
.}
to wit.
An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at Kensington
in the Parish of Saint Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster
,
in the County of Middlesex
, the Seventh day of May in the twenty fifth
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
David Watkins< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of
Thomas Montagu< no role >
,
Griffith Harvis< no role >
,
Thomas Tomson< no role >
,
Thom Roberts< no role >
,
Henry Waggonor< no role >
,
Richard Huntley< no role >
,
Robert Lime< no role >
,
Joseph Cox< no role >
,
John Williams< no role >
,
Thomas Barber< no role >
,
Bouchier Bell< no role >
and
Sammer Harres< 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
David Watkins< no role >
came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said
David Watkins< no role >
(being a Person subject to Fits) on the fourteenth day
of May in the Year aforesaid, being upon the top of
a Coach in the Kings High Way leading to Kensington
in the Parish
aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
It so happened that the said
David Watkins< no role >
, in a Fit,
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell off and from
the top of the Coach unto the Ground, and thereby then and
there received Mortal Bruises in and upon his Body, of which
said Mortal Bruises he the said
David Watkins< no role >
then and
there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say, that the said
David Watkins< no role >
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
Thomas Montagu< 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
Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned
Tho. Prickard< no role >
Coroner
Thos. Montagu< no role >
Foreman