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 First day of December in the Fifteenth 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 Man unknown then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of William
Brown< no role > , John Ellis< no role > , Christopher Langworthy< no role > , George Morrison< no role > , James Fox< no role > ,
John Norton< no role > , John Andrews< no role > , John Hackman< no role > , John Williams< no role > , Robert Sherman< no role >
Roger Jones< no role > and John Ricketts< 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 Man unknown came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Man unknwon on the
Twenty ninth day of November in the Year aforesaid, being in
Old Palace Yard in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and
County aforesaid, And His Majesty King George the Third being
then and there in his Coach drawn by eight Horses towards the
Parliament House, And a Great Number of People being then and
there Assembled on each side of the said Coach, It so happened that
the said Man unknwown then and there in the Croud Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune fell down near unto the Office Wheel of
[..] said Coach, and that the off Wheels of the said [..]
passed over the Head and Body of the said Man unknown any Means
whereof the said Man unknown then and there Accidentally usually and
by Misfortune received mortal Wounds and Bruises in and upon his
Head and Body, of which said Wounds and Bruises he the said Man
Unknown then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said Man unknown 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 William Brown< 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 > [mark] Coroner

William Brown< no role > [mark] Foreman