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 John the Evangelist
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 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 Elizabeth Bluet< no role > an Infant then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Law< no role > , Abraham Appleton< no role > , William Young< no role > , Henry
Fry< no role > , William Hulme< no role > , John Hillem, Samuel Strudwick< no role > , Robert Paton< no role >
James Harrison< no role > , James Brynnen< no role > , John Tomlinson< no role > , Henry
Dispain< no role > and James Burch< 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 Elizabeth Bluet came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Elizabeth Bluet an
Infant, of the Age of two years, on the thirtieth day of August
in the Year aforesaid, being at Play in the Kitchen of James Baine< no role >
in Moody's Gardens, in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty
and County aforesaid, and that there was a Pewter potfull of hot water
upon a Dresser in the said Kitchen, It so happened that the
said Elizabeth Bluet the Infant, in her Play pulled down the
said Pewter pot and not water upon herself, by means whereof the
said Elizabeth Bluet the Infant was scalded in and upon her
Face Neck. Shoulders and Stomach, of which said scalding she the said Elizabeth
Bluet then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Elizabeth Bluet the
Infant, 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 John Law< 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 abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
John Law< no role > [mark] Foreman