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 Sixth day of October in the twenty fifth
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, Corone r of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Francis Sanders< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Burgan< no role > , William Smith< no role > , Alexander Paterson< no role > ,
Charles Lewis< no role > , Thomas Whiting< no role > , Robert Barker< no role > , Thomas Lee< no role >
Leonard Cowley< no role > Thomas Lewis< no role > , Paul Webster< no role > , William
Towse< no role > , and John Jacob< 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 Francis Sanders< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Francis Sanders< no role > a Painter on
the said Sixth day of October in the Year aforesaid, being at Work and
standing upon a Ladder in a certain Hall or Passage adjoining to the New-
Chapel in St George's Row in the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and
County aforesaid, It so happened that the said Ladder slipped, and that
the said Francis Sanders then and there Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune fell off and from the top of the said Ladder upon the stone
Pavement in the said Hall, and thereby then and there did receive a mortal
Concussion in and upon the Brain of him the said Francis Sanders
of which said mortal Concussion he the said Francis Sanders then and
there died, And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do
say, That he said Francis Sanders 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 John Burgan< no role > Foreman 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, above
mentioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner .
Jno. Burgan< no role > [mark] Foreman