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 Paul Covent Garden
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Thirteenth day of June in the Eighth 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,
Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
a New born Male Child then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John Doughty< no role > ,
Thomas Maghan< no role > , Felix Neal< no role > , John Field< no role > , Edward Palmer< no role > , Thomas King< no role > , William
Jones< no role > , Andrew Mc. Intosh< no role > , John Lucas< no role > , John Austin< no role > , James Pearce< no role > , William Watson< no role > ,
George Carter< no role > , Thomas Frost< no role > and John Maberley< 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 new born Male Child came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said new born Male Child, on the said
Thirteenth day of June in the Year aforesaid was found dead in a
Flag Basket near the Church yard Wall belonging to the said Parish
of St. Paul Covent Garden , situate in the Parish Liberty and County
aforesaid, That no Marks of Violence appeared on the said Male Child,
and that the said Male Child died soon after the Birth, by the Visitation
of God, in a natural Way. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner, as the said John Doughty< 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 first above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Jno. Doughty< no role > Foreman