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 George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty sixth day of June 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 James Tretim< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of David Wornham< no role > , Richard Hunt< no role > , Nicholas Clark< no role > , Richard
Thatcher< no role > , John Gregory< no role > , Daniel Jones< no role > , Thomas Jones< no role > , James Roselet< no role >
John Nock< no role > , William Cordon< no role > , William Paley< no role > , and Peter Copland< 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 James Tretim came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said James Tretim on the Twenty
third day of June in the Year aforesaid at the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid, being
Bathing in a certain River called the Serpentine River in Hyde Park there situate
it [..] o happened that the said James Tretim accidentally casually and by Misfortune
in the Waters of the said River was Suffocated and Drowned of which said Suffocation
and Drowning he the said James Tretim then and there instantly Died. And he
the Jurors aforesaid on then Oath aforesaid do say that the said James Tretim in
Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came
to his Death and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as
the Foreman of the Jurors aforesaid on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors
have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and at the
Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

David Weham [mark] Foreman