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 Thirty first day of May in the Thirtieth
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 Margaret Ball< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Harvey< no role > , Bartholomew Slater< no role > , Thomas Bandy< no role > ,
William Furnell< no role > , Paul Giblet< no role > , James Draper< no role > , William Windus< no role >
John Lane< no role > , James Wilkinson< no role > , William Spratt< no role > , James Adnum< no role >
Thomas Higgs< no role > , Thomas Croft< no role > , Samuel Owen< no role > , James Hose, and
Thomas Gilby< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Margaret Ball< no role > came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say That on the Thirtieth day of May in the
Year aforesaid, the said Margaret Ball< no role > a Pauper being in St. James's
Infirmary situate in Poland Street in the said Parish of Saint James
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, It so happened that the said
Margaret Ball< no role > then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
fell down the Stairs in the said Infirmary unto the Bottom thereof and
thereby then and these received a mortal Concussion in and upon the Brain
of her the said MArgaret Ball< no role > of which said mortal Concussion she the
said Margaret Ball< no role > then and there Died, And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Margaret Ball< no role > 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 Harvey< no role > Foreman at 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 Harvey< no role > [mark] Foreman