render a true account of the issues, revenues, and profits of the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and of the goods, chattels, and debts aforesaid, and of the profits thereof, and of the rest of the premises, once in every year at least, and as often as and whensoever to the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of our Great Seal of Great Britain, shall seem meet; and shall obey and fulfil the order and orders of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of our Great Seal of Great Britain, made or hereafter to be made, any ways touching or concerning the premises, or any part thereof, or the issues or profits thereof, or any account or accounts thereof. And further, we will, and by these presents grant, that these our letters patent, or the enrolment of the same, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, and effectual in law, notwithstanding the not reciting, or not rightly reciting, any office or offices, inquisition or inquisitions, made of or concerning the premises or any of them, or any other thing, cause, or matter whatsoever to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself, at Westminster, the 10th day of July, in the third year of our reign. Grant of the Custody of the Person of a Lunatic (ƒ). the situate at day of in the in the second year WILLIAM the Fourth, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these our present letters shall come, greeting: WHEREAS, by a certain inquisition taken at the house of known by the name of county of of our reign, by virtue of our commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquirendo in that behalf duly made and issued, to inquire (amongst other things) of the lunacy of A. B. of &c. It is FOUND (amongst other things) that the said A. B. is, at the time of taking this inquisition, a lunatic, and enjoys lucid intervals, but so that he is not sufficient for the government of himself and his estate, as by the same inquisition (amongst other things) remaining on record may more fully appear, for the tuition of whom, and for the management of his estate, it belongs to us to provide. Know YE, that we, of our special grace and of our certain knowledge and mere motion, have given, committed, and granted, and, by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, do give, commit, and grant unto C. D., of &c., the custody of the person, tuition, regulation, and government of the said A.B., TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid custody of the person, tuition, regulation, and government of the said A. B. from the date of these presents, so long as it shall please us during the lunacy of the said A. B.: PROVIDED ALWAYS, that the aforesaid C. D., from time to time during the (f) There is usually but one grant, as in the preceding form. Appendix. continuance of this grant, shall find, sustain, and keep the aforesaid second of day of in the Supersedeas of a Commission of Lunacy before any Grant to Committees (g). WILLIAM the Fourth, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these our present letters shall come, greeting: Whereas, by a certain inquisition taken at the house of , at the the 4th day of in the county of sign of April in the second year of our reign, by virtue of our commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquirendo, under our Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster the 20th day of March, in the second year of our reign, in that behalf duly made and issued, to inquire (amongst other things) of the lunacy of A. B., of &c. It was found (amongst other things), that the said A. B. was, at the time of taking the said inquisition, a lunatic, and did not enjoy lucid intervals, so that she was not sufficient for the government of herself and her estate, as by the same inquisition, (amongst other things) remaining on record, may more fully appear; but, upon full examination in our Court of Chancery before us had in this behalf, it sufficiently appears to us that the said A. B. is recovered of her lunacy aforesaid, and is of sound mind, memory, and understanding, so that she is sufficient for the government of herself and her estate; and we, in this behalf, being willing that what is just and right be done to the said A. B.: Know ye therefore, that we, for and in consideration that the said A. B. now is not lunatic, but of sound mind, sane memory, and understanding, and for divers other good causes and considerations us in this behalf especially moving, have superseded and determined, and, by these presents, do supersede and determine the aforesaid commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquirendo, and the aforesaid inquisition and all other proceedings (g) See affidavits in support of a petition for supersedeas, post, pp. 648-652. thereupon had and made, and all and singular the same, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, we annul, make void, and fully discharge, by these presents. In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself, at Westminster, the , in the year of our reign. day of Supersedeas of a Commission of Lunacy after the grant to a Committee (g). WILLIAM the Fourth, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these our present letters shall come, greeting: WHEREAS, by a certain inquisition taken at the house of in , situate , and commonly called the day of , in the county of or known by the name of in the year of our reign, by virtue of our commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquirendo in that behalf duly made and issued, to inquire (amongst other things) of the lunacy of A. B., IT WAS FOUND (amongst other things) that the said A.B. was, at the time of taking the said inquisition, a lunatic, and did not enjoy lucid intervals, so that he was not sufficient for the government of himself and his estate, as by the same inquisition (amongst other things) remaining on record may more fully appear. AND WHEREAS, by our letters patent bearing date the day of in the first year of our reign, we did give, commit, and grant unto C. D. the custody of the person, tuition, regulation, and government of the said A. B., TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid custody of the person, tuition, regulation, and government of the said A.B., from the date thereof so long as it should please us during the lunacy of the said A. B.: AND WHEREAS, by our same letters patent, we did give, commit, and grant unto the said C.D. the custody, regulation, occupation, disposition, and receipt, as well of all manors, messuages, lands, tenements, houses, farms, revenues, services, and hereditaments, with the appurtenances, and of all rents, revenues, and profits thereof which the aforesaid A.B. had, or ought to have in possession or reversion, as also the custody and government of all the goods and chattels, farms, stock of cattle, wealth, plate, debts, money, jewels, traffic, merchandizes, and other commodities and profits whatsoever to the said A.B. belonging, or in any manner appertaining, and also the use and negotiation of the same, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid custody, regulation, occupation, disposition, and receipt of the aforesaid manors, messuages, lands, tenements, houses, farms, goods, and chattels, and the rest of the premises of the said A. B. unto the said C. D., from the date thereof so long as it should please us during the lunacy of the said A. B., or to the uses and intents and under the provisoes in the same letters patent contained and specified, as by the same letters patent (amongst other things) remaining on record may more (g) See ante, Chap. V. s. 11. fully appear. BUT BECAUSE, upon full examination in our Court of Chancery, before us had in this behalf, it sufficiently appears to us that the said A. B. is recovered of his lunacy aforesaid, and is of sound mind, memory, and understanding, so that he is sufficient for the government of himself and his estate, and we in this behalf being willing that what is just and right be done to the said A.B.; KNOW YE THEREFORE, that we, for and in consideration that the said A. B. now is not lunatic, but of sound mind, sane memory and understanding, and for divers other good causes and considerations us in this behalf especially moving, have superseded and determined, and, by these presents, do supersede and determine the aforesaid commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquirendo, and all process thereupon made and had, and also our letters patent aforesaid, and the several grants thereby made to the said C. D. aforesaid, and all and singular in the same letters patent contained and specified, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, and all and singular the same we annul and make void by these presents; and also the aforesaid C. D. from the custody,regulation, and government of the person of the said A. B,. and from the custody, regulation, occupation, disposition, and receipt of the aforesaid manors, messuages, lands, tenements, houses, farms, goods and chattels of the said A. B., and all and singular other the premises, we fully discharge by these presents, requiring that the aforesaid C. D. shall by no means suffer any person or persons to intermeddle touching the said A. B. or his estate, for the future. And the said A. B. to the regimen and government of himself and all his we fully restore by these presents. IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. WITNESS Ourself, at Westminster, the second day of in the second year of our reign. FORMS OF AFFIDAVITS. AFFIDAVITS IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONS FOR COMMISSIONS OF LUNACY (h). Affidavit of a Physician that he had examined a Party, and found him of unsound Mind, and the Grounds upon which his Opinion was founded. IN the matter of A. B., Esq., a supposed lunatic. C. D. of &c., Doctor of Physic, maketh oath and saith, that, by (h) These affidavits must be left at the office of the Secretary of Lunatics, with the petition for a commission: it can be scarcely necessary to observe that they must be adapted to the facts of each case. the desire of - he, this deponent, visited the said A. B. at the house of Messrs. J. and K., situate at &c., on Tuesday the 20th instant, for the purpose of investigating the state of mind of the said A. B. And this deponent saith, after sufficient personal examination of the said A. B., that he, this deponent, is fully convinced that the mind of the said A. B. is now unsound, and that, by reason of such unsoundness, the said A. B. is wholly unfit for the management of himself and of his affairs. And this deponent further saith, that the unsound state of mind of the said A. B. was rendered manifest by a very great loss of memory and understanding, so as to render him incapable of discourse, or of directing and continuing his attention to any subject, by the frequent utterance of indistinct sounds, as if talking to himself, by a want of all connection. in the little he said, and by his addressing himself in whispers, with a variety of unintelligible gestures, in the presence of this deponent, to two images placed over the chimney-piece for ornament. And this deponent further saith, that, in the early part of the year 1832, he, this deponent, also visited the said A. B. at his lodgings in when, as this deponent was informed and believes, the said A. B. was first put under restraint, in consequence of an attempt then recently made by the said A. B. to destroy himself. C. D. Sworn at the Public Office, Southampton Build- [A Master in Chancery.] Affidavit of another Physician as to the Unsoundness of Mind of a Party. IN the matter of A. B., Esq., a supposed lunatic. W. W. of &c., Doctor of Physic, maketh oath and saith, that he did, on the 23rd day of March instant, visit the above-named A. B., who is now in a lunatic asylum kept by Messrs. J. and K., at &c., with the view of ascertaining his state of mind. And this deponent further saith, that, at his said visit, he, this deponent, took great pains to examine into the intellectual capacity of the said A. B., and, from such examination, this deponent is firmly convinced that the said A. B. is a person of unsound mind, and totally incapable of governing himself, or of managing his affairs; and, as evidence of such unsoundness of mind on the part of the said A. B., this deponent saith, that the said A. B. came into the room in which deponent waited for him, in a very hurried manner, and saluted deponent with apparent cordiality, but instantly drew himself up, turned aside his face, and continued to look with some suspicion at deponent as he walked up and down in the room; at deponent's request, he at last sat down near deponent, and listened, apparently with attention, to remarks and questions of deponent touching his family and present residence, but answered only now and then, and |