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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty third day of March in the Twelfth 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
John Payton< no role > an Infant then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John Dover< no role > ,
Leonard Clow< no role > , John Keith< no role > , John Clarke< no role > , John Lawrence< no role > , John Gale< no role > ,
John Goldsmith< no role > , William Robinson< no role > , Thomas Shields< no role > , Timothy Gibbard< no role > , Edward
Sheaf< no role > , Clayton Wilkinson< no role > and John Evans< 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 John Payton< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said John Payton< no role > the Infant, of the Age
of three Years, on the Twenty sixth day of February in the Year aforesaid
being alone in the Room or Apartment of Richard Payton< no role > situate in
Abingdon Buildings in the Parish of St. John and Evangelist within the
Liberty and County aforesaid, and then and there standing near the
Fire side, It so happened that the Linnen gown which he the said John Payton< no role >
had on his Body, Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune took fire, by
Reason whereof, and from the Smoke and Flames arising from the said
Fire, he the said John Payton< no role > was then and there much Burnt in the Thighs
Back Sides, and Private Parts, of which said Burning he the said John
Payton< no role > at the said Parish of St. Margaret within the Liberty and County
aforesaid until the Twenty second day of March in the same Year
languishing did live, and thereof then and there died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said John
Payton< no role > in Manner and by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune came to his death and not otherwise.
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said John
Dover< 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
John Dover< no role > Foreman