MIDDLESEX
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AN INQUISITION Indented, Taken for our Sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
of Saint Botolph Aldgate
in the County of
Middlesex
, the Twentieth Day of March in the Twenty second 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 Cororners
of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of
Martha Hunter< no role >
then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Richard Ashton< no role >
Daniel Wallam< no role >
,
Benjamin Hobbs< no role >
,
William Weatherhead< no role >
, John
Chambers,
Evan Gilbert< no role >
,
Samuel Knightley< no role >
,
Thomas Oborne< no role >
,
John Cook< no role >
, Richard
Davis,
Richard Hatton< no role >
,
William Wand< no role >
and
Jonathan Docker< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said County, duly 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
Martha Hunter< no role >
came to her
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That the said
Martha Hunter< no role >
on the Eighteenth
Day of March in the Year aforesaid being intoxicated with strong Liquor
accidentally, casually and by misfortune fell down the Cellar Stairs of a certain
House
[..] The Golden Anchor Alehouse situate in the
[..] Row in the Parish
[..] said By Means whereof she the
[..] then
[..] mortal Bruises in
[..] of her
[..]
IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Richard Ashton< 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 and Year first
above written.
Thos. Phillips< no role >
[mark]
Coroner
Richd Ashton [mark] Foreman