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 William Hawkins< no role > the Sign of the Red Lion in
Parliament Street within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster , in the County of Middlesex , the seventeenth day of September
in the thirty 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 Anthony Gell< no role > , Esq . Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City
and Liberty, on View of the Body of William Tallet< no role > 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 William Tallet< no role > came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said William Tallet< no role > on the fifteenth
day of September in the Year aforesaid at the Parish
and in the Liberty aforesaid to Wit, in endeavouring
to take a Coal Ladder out of one the Coal Barges on the Pavier
Thomas near Medley Wharf , Cannon Row Westminster
in order to bring it to Shore, he laid it flat on the Top of that and
another Barat near it, in order to walk over it, and whilst
he was walking over it, the said Ladder, by his Pressure
thereon, turned up on one side when It so happened
that accidentally, casually and by Misfortune he
the said William Tallet< no role > fell from off the said Ladder
into the Water of the said River and was then and there
suffocated and drowned; of which Suffocation and
Drowning he the said William Tallet< no role > then and there
instantly died: And so the Jurors aforesaid on
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said William
Tallet< 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 Jurors, have to this Inqusition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner } [mark]
Willm Bresein< no role > [..] [mark]
Wm Oakey< no role > [mark]
Peter Dash< no role > [mark]
Joseph Dumford< no role > [mark]
John May< no role > [mark]

Heny Brown< no role > [mark]
Thomas Gyde< no role > [mark]
William Martin< no role > [mark]
John Daniel< no role > [mark]
John Whattocks< no role > [mark]
John Baker< no role > [mark]
Richd. Haters< no role > [mark]

Ed. Rowley< no role > [mark]
Abram Sutton< no role > [mark]
Jno Thomas< no role > [mark]
Jas. Wilson< no role > [mark]
Jacob Jeans< no role > [mark]
Edward Burns< no role > [mark]
[mark]

James Ettershank< no role >