London...
and
Southwark ...}

T: Shelton
corr. [mark]

An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London, that is to say, at
the Parish of Allhallows the Great at in the Ward of Dowgate in London aforesaid on the thirtieth day of January
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 etc. before Thomas Shelton< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the City
of London and Borough of Southwark on view of the body of David Foster< no role > now here lying dead by the oath of a
Adam Thompson< no role > John Wild< no role > Jonath Merryman James Carpenter< no role > William Peacock< no role > William Sherwood< no role > George Street< no role >
Thomas Plumb< no role > Francis Stiles< no role > Thomas Wilson< no role > Edward Evans< no role > and William Hartley< no role > good and lawful men of the City of London
aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when how and in what
manner the said David Foster< no role > came to his death say upon their oath that the said David Foster< no role > on the twenty eighth
day of January in the year aforesaid being unployed by oneGubbins of the said Parish of Allhallows the Great
in the Ward aforesaid in London aforesaid Carpenter in the Yard of the saidGubbins there situate and being
then and there ever unto a certain pile of Deals then standing and resting on a certain arch erected and built in
the said Yard for that purpose it so happened that the said Arch whereon the said pile of Deals on then and there rested
and stood as aforesaid did by the weight and pressence of the said Pile of Deals then and there give way and fall down
And the said Pile of Deals so standing and resting as the said Arche by reason and means of the giving way
and falling down of the said Arch as aforesaid then and there accidentally casually and by misfortune did
full upon and get the said David Foster< no role > And that he the said David Foster< no role > by means thereof did then and
there receive divers mortal wounds and bruises in and upon the head face back sides arms legs and thighs of
him the said David Foster< no role > Of which said mortal wounds and bruises he the said David Foster< no role > did then and
there do And so she Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said David Foster< no role > in manner and
by the means aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally killed In Witness whereof as well the
said Coroner as see said Adam Thompson< no role > the foreman of the said Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of
his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and seals the dayandYear and place first above
written

Adam Thompson< no role > [mark]

Foreman