Middlesex
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An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the Dwelling House of
Known by the Sign of the Spread Eagle in the Parish of Saint Mary le bone in the County of Middlesex on Wednesday
the TwelfthDay of Julyin the Twenty Sixth 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 Phillips< no role >
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County on View of the Body of
William Simmons< no role > Then and there lying Dead upon the Oath of William Charnock< no role >
Mathew Wood< no role > Hammond Goddard< no role > . William Dance< no role > James Ribbens< no role > , Edward Waddows< no role > Thomas Kays
Thomas Baldwin< no role > Michael Humble< no role > James Jenkins< no role > , James Strong< no role > Robert Outram< no role > William
Springall William Ridgeyard< no role > and Robert Reed< no role >
good and lawfull men of the said County duty chosen, and who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to
inquire for our said Lord the King when how and by what means the said William Simmons< no role >
Came to isDeath do upon their Oath say That the said William Simmons< no role > on the Ninth day of
July in the year aforesaid Riding on a Certain Horse in a Certain Field called the Long Fields Situate in the
Parish of Saint Pancrass in the County It so happened that the said Horse then and there took fright by reason
whereof he the said William Simmons< no role > was then and there Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune
thrown over the Head of the said Horse to against and upon the Ground by means whereof he the
said William Simmons< no role > then and there received one mortal Fracture of the Skull of him the said William
Simmons of which said Mortal Fracture of the Skull bee the said William Simmons< no role > then and there instantly
died and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said William Simmons< no role > in manner
and by the means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by misfortune came to his Death and not otherwise
And that the said Horse was moving to the Death of the said William Simmons< no role > and is of the value of
Twenty Shillings and is the Property and in the Possession of a Person unknown

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said William Charnock< no role >
The Foreman of the said Jurors on the Behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows in their presence have
to this Inquisition Set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and place first above Written.

William Charnock< no role > [mark]