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 Collegiate Church of st. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the fourteenth day of May in the Twenty ninth
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 Abbott< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of George Ashew< no role > , John Perison< no role > , John Sanderson< no role > , Charles
Self< no role > , William Sheild< no role > , Joseph Ameley< no role > , Edward Dewis, John
Andrews< no role > , Thomas Hickcock< no role > , James Hulme< no role > , John Rocks< no role >
and William Johnsee< 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 Abbott< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said John Abbott< no role > in the
Thirteenth day of Mary in the year aforesaid at the Savey Precinct
within the County aforesaid going to bathe himself in the River Thames
It so happened that Unidentally Casually and by Misfortune
the said John Abbott< no role > was in the Water of the said River Thames
suffocated and Drowned of which said suffocation and Drowning
he the said John Abbott< no role > then and there died. And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said John Abbott< 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 George askew< no role > Foreman of the said Hurn
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 abvoementioned

Thos Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
Geo Askew< no role > [mark] Foreman