City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex .}

Informations taken this fourteenth
day of May 1789 at the Parish of St.
Paul Covent Garden within the Liberty
of Westminster in the County of Midsex
upon an Inquisition touching the deal
of John Abbot< no role > lying dead of the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Mathew Hogg< no role > a Lodger at Mr. Abbottain Exeter
Street in the Parish of St. Paul Covent Garden
(Father to John Abbot< no role > the Deed on his Oath
saith, That Yesterday Afternoon about
two o' Clock Dept. wanted this Dept. to go
to Bath in the River Thomas, but Dept.
could not go, Is Deced went out alone
Says that in about three Quarters of
an hour a boy came there and [..]
said Jack Abbot< no role > is Drowned upon which
Mrs. Abbot and this Dept. went to the Water
side and saw a Waterman with his
Hook and cavouring to bring up the
Deced, and the Third time he brought
up the Deced, with his face middy, Says
the Waterman carried the Deced to the
Shore at the Savoy , Precinct, appearing
to be dead, Says that the Deced was first
carried to an Apothecary and afterwards
to his Fathers [..] House in Exeter Street
aforesaid, where the Apothecary and
others Rubbed the Deced and endeavouring
to restore him to Life for upwards of
an hour but with out effect, the Deced
being dead

Mothy [mark] Hogg< no role >
his Mark

Sworn the Day Year & Place
abovementioned before me
Thos Prickard< no role > Coroner }