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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirtieth day of January in the twenty sixth
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 Tufton< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Thomas George< no role > , John Ball< no role > , John Taylor< no role >
Richard Mason< no role > , Edward Taylor< no role > , Francis Penn< no role > , Silvester
Freeman< no role > , Thomas Watson< no role > , James Randall< no role > , Joseph Hodson< no role > , James
Price< no role > , and Henry Taylor< 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 Tufton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said William Tufton< no role > on
the Twenty eighh day of January in the Year aforesaid was
found Drowned and Suffocated in the Canal in Saint
James's Park in the Parish and County aforesaid That
the said William Tufton< no role > had no marks of violence
appearing on his Body, but how or by what means he
became drowned and suffocated, no Evidence thereof doth
appear to the Jurors.

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner, as the said Thomas George< 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 mentioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Thos George [mark] Foreman< no role >