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 Tenth day of January in the Thirty first
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great-Britian, 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 John Barrett< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of James Rose< no role > , John Burley< no role > , Thomas Moore< no role > , William Calap< no role >
Joshua Parker< no role > William Hastings< no role > , John Warmsley< no role > , William
Rodman< no role > , William Chapman< no role > , John Griffith< no role > , James Vaughn< no role > , John
Harper< no role > and John Whittock< 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 John Barrett< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Eighth day of January in the Year
aforesaid the said John Barrett< no role > was in a certain small Lighter or Punt, laden with
Coals in and upon the River Thames at the Adolphi in the Parish of St. Martin
in the Fields within the Liberty and County aforesaid, that a sudden Squall of Wind
and Tempest arose which sunk the said Lighter or Punt and that the said John Barrett< no role >
in the Water of the said River Thames Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune was
then and there suffocated and drowned of which said suffocation and drowning
he the said John Barrett< no role > then and there died, And so the Jurors on their
Oath aforesaid do say that the said John Barrett< no role > 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 said James Rose Foreman< no role > 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 > Coroner

James Rose< no role > Foreman