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 Saint James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Third day of September 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 Lydia Oskford then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Michael Munday< no role > , John Barker< no role > , John Hunter< no role > , Joseph Featherby< no role > ,
Thomas Allinson< no role > , Thomas Thompson< no role > , James Crump< no role > , John
Brown< no role > , John Marlborough< no role > , John Singleton< no role > , James Howell< no role >
David Henderson< no role > , Thomas Denton< no role > , Simon Willson< no role > , John Thompson< no role > ,
George Starcay< no role > , and John Roberts< 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 Lydia Oskford< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Lydia Oskford on the second
day of September in the Year aforesaid, being in a House, then repairing, in Cork
Street in the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and coming
down Stairs in the Dark (being a Well Stair Case) It so happened, that the said
Lydia Oskford then and there, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune fell down
from the said Well Stairs Case unto the bottom thereof and thereby then and
there, received divers Fractures and Bruises in and upon the Head Arms
Thighs, and Body of her the said Lydia Oskford, of which said Mortal Fractures
and Bruises She the said Lydia Oskford then and there did. And so the
Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do say That the said Lydia
Oskford 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 Michael Munday< 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, above
written.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Michael Munday< no role > [mark] Foreman