appurtenances, were, by the said Inquisition, thus falsely informed,  delivered out of our hands to the said heir, to the loss of the right  and profit to us thereby pertaining.
   "We, willing to provide for our indemnity, in this matter, as is fitting, have assigned you, and two of you, of whom we will you the said Thomas to be one, to inquire by the oath as well of knights as of other good and liege men of the said county of Kent, by whom the truth of the matter may be better known, concerning the age of the foresaid heir; and if by the said inquisition it should chance to be discovered that the said William, son of William, is still within age, then, by whom the proof of his foresaid age was made, and at whose procurance, invention, or information; and who have occupied the lands and tenements aforesaid, from the time of the proof of the foresaid age, and received the issues and profits thereof, and by what title, how, and in what manner, and where; and in whose company the said heir has been from the time aforesaid, and by whom he has been counselled and led away; and whether the lands and tenements aforesaid be wasted and destroyed in buildings and woods, or not, and if so, then by whom, and to what damage to us or the aforesaid heir; and how much those lands and tenements are worth, in all issues, per annum, according to the true value of the same; and how much profit we have lost by pretext of the foresaid proof of age thus incorrectly taken, and how much, and in what manner; and to inquire also into the truth more fully, concerning all other articles and circumstances touching the premisses; and therefore we commandyou that you do take, on and at certain days and places which you, or two of you, (of whom we will that you the said Thomas shall'be one,) for this purpose shall appoint, an inquisition on all and singular the premisses; and it distinctly and openly made, you do send without delay to us in our Chancery, under your seals and the seals of those by whom it has been made, and this writ.
      "For we have ordered our sheriff of the said county of Kent, that, on or at certain days and places, which you, or two of you, of whom we will you the foresaid Thomas to be one, shall make known to him, he shall cause to come before you, or two of you, of whom we will you the said Thomas to be one, so many and such, as well knights as other good and liege men of his bailiwick, by whom the truth of the things in the premisses may be better known and inquired into. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters patent to be made. "Witness ourself at Russhyndon,¹ in the Isle of Shepeye, the 13th day of April, in the fortieth year of our reign.
   " By letter under the seal called the Signet."
   ¹ Rushingdon, a manor in Minster, in Sheppey.