https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/69c369e4a438c052696251fa3733f3c0.pdf fba9820b96069978c72fe8c30cb16bc5 Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document. Page 1 GEORGE R. I. RIGHT TRUSTY and Well-beloved Counsellors, We greet you Well! WHEREAS it belongeth to Us in right of Our Royal Prerogative to provide for the custody of persons of unsound mind and their Estates without taking the profits thereof to Our Own Use: AND WHEREAS We have thought fit to entrust you with the care and commitment of the custody of such Persons of unsound mind as may be so found by Inquisition and their Estates: NOW THEREFORE We do by these Presents give and grant unto you full power and authority without expecting any further special Warrant from Us from time to time by Order and without Grant passed under Our Great Seal as formerly to grant and commit the custody of such persons of unsound mind as are of shall be so found by Inquisition and their Estates to such person or persons suitors in that behalf as according to the rules of the Law and Practice in these and the like cases you shall judge meet for that Trust. AND WE DO declare our Will and Intention to be that the several powers which We have hereby given and granted shall/ The Lord Chancellor The Master of the Rolls and Justices of Appeal. To give order for granting the Custody of persons and Estates of persons of unsound mind.  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"> Page 2 shall and may be exercised by you or any two or more of you jointly acting or sitting together or by any one of you alone acting or sitting separately, AND for so doing this shall be your Warrant. GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s the Thirteenth day of May, 1940; In the fourth Year of Our Reign. BY His Majesty’s Command. JOHN ANDERSON To Our Chancellor of Great Britain: Our Master or Keeper of the Rolls or Records: and Our Justices of Appeal. </div> Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. John Anderson (Secretary of State for the Home Department) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Seal of the Royal Courts of Justice embossed at the top left of each page. Document is a typewritten copy of the original Royal Warrant. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. For an 18th-century version of this instrument, see <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/523">the Royal Warrant of King George III</a>. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royal Warrant - Granting Custody of the Persons and Estates of Persons of Unsound Mind [1940-05-13] Subject The topic of the resource Mental Health Description An account of the resource Royal Warrant of King George VI granting the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, and the Lords Justices of Appeal custody of the persons and estates of persons of unsound mind. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource King George VI Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LCO2/1524 via via Landscapes of Injustice. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-05-13 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Discontinued Instruments Home Secretary Lord Chancellor Lords Justices of Appeal Master of the Rolls Mental Health Monarch Royal Prerogative