City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex ,}
to wit,

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the House of Thomas Jones< no role > the Sign of the Bricklayers Arms Duke Street Grosvener Square parish of St
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 twentieth day of January 1797
in the thirty seventh 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 Anthony Gell< no role > , Esq. Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City
and Liberty, on View of the Body of Charles Bates< no role > an Infant then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
Seals affixed, 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 Charles Bates< no role > came to his Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Charles Bates< no role > being of the age of two Years and
six Months only on the fifteenth day of January in the Year aforesaid
being alone in a certain Apartment situate in the parish & Liberty
aforesaid It so happened that the apparel which the said Charles
Bates< no role > then & there had on his Body accidentally casually and by
Misfortune took fire by reason whereof & from the Smoke & flame
arising from the said fire he the said Charles Bates< no role > was then and
there suffocated & burnt: Of which said Suffocating & Burning he
the said Charles Bates< no role > on the seventeenth day of January
in the Year aforesaid died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say that, the
said Charles Bates< no role > in manner & 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 Jurors, have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }

Thos. James< no role >
Thos. Foster< no role >
John Sibthorp< no role >
Jas. Brittain< no role >
John Fisher< no role >

Wheatley Vaughan< no role >
Wm Bennett< no role >
Willm Irons< no role >
Geo: Hutchinson< no role >
John Donaldson< no role >
Thos. Hall< no role >
Thos Rowe< no role >