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

An Inquitition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at Knightsbridge in the Parish of Saint Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapeter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster
in the County of Middlesex , the First day of August in the twentyfifth
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 a Woman Unknown then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Edward Chandler< no role > , Robert Mathews< no role > , William Williams< no role > ,
William Wiestly< no role > , Avery Tyrrell< no role > , James Sponsford< no role > , Benjamin Bell< no role >
Richard Beedle< no role > , Roger Murley< no role > . Richard Anderson< no role > . James
Redding< no role > and George Grinwood< no role > Good and Lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
Chosen, whe being then and there duly Sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Woman unknown came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say,
That the Said Woman Unknown
on the thirtieth day of, July in the Year aforesaid, was found
drowned and Suffocated in the Serpentine River in Hyde
Park in the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty, and County
aforesaid, That the said Woman Unknown had no Marks
of Violence appearing on her Body, but how and by what means
she became drowned, and Suffocated, no Evidence thereof
Doth appear to the Jurors. In Witness whereof as well
the said Coroner, as the said Edward Chandler< no role > , Foreman of the
said Turors, 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, above written.

Th. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Edwd Chandler< no role > [mark] Foreman