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 George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Third day of July in the twenty 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 John Hawkins< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the oath of Robert Willerton< no role > , John Rooke< no role > , John Walker< no role > , Thomas Dangerfield< no role >
Joseph Farmer< no role > , James Free< no role > , David Dundass Macdunal< no role > , Edward
Cooper< no role > , Benjamin Leaver< no role > , Thomas Hutchinson< no role > , James Kiley< no role > , Lewis
Richards< no role > and Edward Warren< 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 Hawkins< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said John Hawkins< no role > on the thirteenth
day of June in the Year aforesaid going into the Serpentine River
in Hyde Park in the said Parish of St. George Hanover Square
within the Liberty and County aforesaid there to Bathe himself and
being a Person subject to fits It so happened that Accidentally Casually
and by Misfortune he the said John Hawkins< no role > was in the Water of the
said River then and there suffocated and Drowned of which said
suffocation and Drowning he the said John Hawkins< no role > then and
there instantly died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath
aforesaid do say that the said John Hawkins< 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 Robert Willerton< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors
on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellow in their
Presence have to this Inquisition at their Hands and Seals the
Day Year and Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Robt Willerton< no role > Foreman [mark] Foreman