CORONER'S INQUEST, AUGUST 1568 |
In the sayd courte [booke] ye shall fynde
the inquisicion by the coroners inquest upon the death of ----- who
hangd herselffe the xiith daye of August this yere 1658 etc. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 12 NOVEMBER 1650 |
Before Thomas Hodgson, alderman, coroner,
and Richard Washington junior, Peter Bennett, Thomas Hancock, Thomas
Potter, William Sutton, John Evans, Thomas Seddon, Thomas Gorsich, John
Dyke, John Wilson, John Rachdall, Richard Greaves. Who, upon oath,
presented that Ralph Heton of Hindley was accidentally killed on Monday
11 November from a wound in the forehead by the bursting of a firelock
piece discharges by John Hollingworth from a window in the house of
Roger Rose in Tithebarn Street where he was quartered. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 21 DECEMBER 1641 |
Tempore Willelmi Ireland generosi
Coronatoris domini Regis infra Burgum predictum |
Inquisicio capta coram Willelmo Ireland
Coronatore etc xxijo die decembris Anno Regni Regis Caroli
nunc Anglie etc xvijo 1641 apud Burgum de Liverpool super
mortem Elizabeth Williamson alias Newton per Sacramentum Robert Lurting
Radulfi Massam Edwardi Tatlocke Radulfi Winstanley Johannis Lurting
Willelmi Rymer Johannis Henshawe Johannis Birchall Edgidii Marcer Bryani
Lea Johannis Sirtis Johannis Bowser Ricardi Kenion Anthonii Berrie
Johannis Butler qui dicunt et presentant ut sequitur videlicet. That the
said Elizabeth upon the xxjth day of this instant December
about xn of the Clocke at night did casually by mere accident
and misadventure falle into a drawe well on the Backside of her Masters
William Williamson where by reason of the said Falle she was drowned and
perished and by the moveing of the Buckett Chaine Roape and turne ad
valenciam vs and what goodes or personall estate shee had the
Jurie know not etc [Marginal note. Eliz Williamson alias Newton
drowned by misadventure 21 December, 1641]. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 18 JANUARY 1642 |
Tempore Johannis Walker Coronatoris domini
Regis infra Burgum de Liverpoole predictum |
Inquisicio capta coram prefato Coronatore 8o
die Januarii Anno Regni Regis Caroli nunc Anglie etc xviijo
1642 apud Burgum predictum super mortem Roberti Gorsuch de Kirkdale
Slater per Sacramentum Johannis Higinson Edwardi Lyle Ricardi Williamson
Willelmi Topping Willelmi Wetherbie Thomas Burton Johannis Tompson
Ricardi Dwarrihouse Ricardi Farrer Johannis Boulton Thome Warton Ricardi
Blackmoore Johannis Wigin Johannis Edge qui dicunt et presentant super
sacramentum suum predictum ut sequitur videlicet That upon Saturday
being the 7th day of this instant January about Sunn setting
the said Robert Gorsuch goeing along in the footway in Liverpoole
Townefeild did casually and by misadventure and misfortune falle downe
out of the said footway into the Cartway being about 2 yards in haight
by reason of which suddan falle the said Robert Gorsuch then and there
suddenly dyed the whole force of his Bodie lyghting upon his head and
neck which wee fynd to be a meere casualtie without violence or
furtherance thereunto by anie person whatsoever. [Marginal note.
Inquisicio postmortem Robert Gorsuch]. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 16 APRIL 1649 |
Aprill 16, 1649. Wee whose names are
underwritten doe fynde that according to our best Evidence that Richard
Johnson did not wilfully cast himself away but by meere misfortune was
drowned in the poole the tyde being therein this was the verditt of
Thomas Hancock Thomas Andoe John Sturzaker Adam Leathes William Lurtin
Ewan Marsh Christopher Bennet Raph Winstanley Robert Eccoes Thomas Seale
William Sutton and Peter Seddon upon the death of the said Richard
Johnson upon theire oathes taken before Mr Thomas Tarleton Alderman
Corroner etc [Marginal note. Coroners Inquest]. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 1 JULY 1659
An inquisition taken 1 July 1659 before
Thomas Blackmore, alderman, coroner, on the oaths of Thomas Storie,
Peter Lurting, John Blundell, John Lurting, smith, Roger Harrison,
William Litherland, Thomas Mosse, Hugh Bennett, John Lunt, John Mulliney,
William Parker, Robert Lyon, Edward Horrobine, Robert Kenion, Edward
Sutton, who say that John Craine, son of John Craine of Liverpool,
mariner, on 1 July 1659 was found dead on the sea shore at Liverpool,
drowned by accident and we know of no one guilty of his death. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 25 AUGUST 1659 |
An inquisition taken 25 August 1659 before
Thomas Blackmore, alderman, coroner within the borough, on the oaths of
Edmund Leivesley, Henry Ryding, Thomas Chapman, Robert Harvy, Thomas
Roe, Thomas Johnson, John Heyes, John Pemberton, Thomas Bridge, Thomas
Hancock, Thomas Galway, Robert Leadbeater, lawful and honest freemen,
who say that Rachel, the late wife of Simon Arrowsmith, being in the
house of Gilbert Formby, alderman, on 24 August about 4 o'clock, was
slain by accident and misfortune by the discharge of a flint lock piece,
which Thomas Hudson, a soldier under the command of Major Edward Hoore,
had in his hands. As he was screwing on the lock in the open street, a
bullet broke through a wall and wainscot of the same house and pierced
the body of the said Rachel, making a wound from her left pap to he back
whereby she immediately died, there being no malice at which to us may
appear. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 7 OCTOBER 1659 |
Inquisition taken at Liverpool on Friday 7
October 1659 before Thomas Blackmore, alderman and coroner, after the
death of Robert Greene, corporal of Major Boulton's troop. The jury on
their oaths present that Robert Greene on 6 October 1659 about 10 am,
being on horseback and going towards Chester at Birkett Pool on the
Cheshire side of the Mersey, entered the pool at deep water. His horse
lost its footing and turned over several times. The horse landed on the
further side, but Robert Greene was by misfortune drowned and found
lying dead as the tide ebbed, near the place where he entered the pool.
Thomas Blackmore, coroner. Sworn: Henry Corles, William Jameson, Thomas
Hewett, Richard Crompton, Randle Dawson, Richard, Thomas Nicholson,
Henry Robinson, Edward Horrobine, Thomas Andoe, Thomas Chapman, Thomas
Mosse. |
CORONER'S INQUEST, 6 APRIL 1660 |
Inquisition taken at Liverpool 6 April 1660
before Richard Peircivall, gentleman, mayor and now alderman and coroner
for the town, by the oaths of Henry Corles, Robert Kenion, Robert Lyon,
Robert Sympson, William Poultney, Richard Rymer, Richard Jones, James
Hoult, Robert Harvey, William Gardner, Edward Suton, Humphrey Mercer,
honest and lawful freeman, being a jury sworn to inquire of the death of
Henry Halsall. They find that the said Henry being in the stable at Mrs
Sandiford's, an inn and hostler there, on 1 April instant about 8
o'clock in the evening, was stricken on the left side of his head by a
grey mare of Mrs Alice Eaton of Chester, widow, and part of his brains
came forth, whereupon the said Henry Halsall immediately died, which was
by misfortune and misadventure. |
CORONER'S INQUISITION, 27 DECEMBER 1663 |
Taken before Thomas Andoe, gentleman, for
the honourable William Stanley, esq, coroner of this town, being a
sufficient deputy. On the oath of Thomas Asbrooke, Thomas Bridge,
Charles Farish, John Moniley, tailor, Richard Jones, Thomas Birch,
Thomas Haslam, Thomas Bancks, Thomas Gildars, Thomas Leakfield, Michael
Richardson, John Heyes, Robert Leadbow, Anthony Walles, John Whitestones,
who present the following: that about 6 o'clock in the morning
Elizabeth, wife of William Ackers of Liverpool, to the dishonour of God,
became a felo de se, and murdered herself by wilful drowning herself in
a well at the back of and belonging to the dwelling house of William
Ackers. |
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