London

T. Shelton
Corr [mark]

An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London, that is to say, at the parish
of Saint Sepulchre in the Ward of Farringdon without in London aforesaid on the thirtieth day of September on 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 Edward Williams< no role > now here lying dead by the oath of William Pettit< no role >
Samuel Bowell< no role > Thomas Mears< no role > Mary Modgin Arthur Blackall< no role > John Browne< no role > John Castle< no role > John Yeates< no role > William Catchpole< no role >
John Berry< no role > Thomas Taylor< no role > Richard Morrison< no role > William Morss< no role > and Thomas Frith< 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 Edward Williams< no role > came to his death say upon their oath that the said Edward Williams< no role >
on the twenty eighth day of September in the Year aforesaid at the parish of Saint James Clerkenwell in the County of
Middlesex bring [..] in a certain Cart loaded with Hay drawn by two Horses and passing and going along and
through a certain open and puller Street and King's Common Highway there leading from Clerkenwell in the County aforesaid to
the Town of Islington in the same County and being then a deep on the said Hay in the said (an it so happened that the said Edward Williams< no role > accidentally casually and by misfortune did fall from and out of the said Cart
and off the said [..] Hay to at and upon the ground there By means whereof he the said Edward Williams< no role > did then and there
were divers mortal wounds and bruises in and upon the head face back sides arms legs and thighs of him the said
Edward Williams< no role > Of which said mortal wounds and bruises he the said Edward Williams< no role > did then and there die And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say that the said Edward Williams< 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 the said William Pettit< 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 day year and place first above written.

Wm. [mark] Pettit< no role >