case John clerk by committee versus Richard clerk all Lord keeper Feb Eq can  ab pl S c a settlement if make by a lunatic though reasonable and for the  convenience of the family ought to be set aside in equity John clerk the  lunatic be seize of the manor of Ardington and isbury and be a very weak man  if not a lunatic in make a settlement by deed fine and common recovery by  which five hundred pound apiece be to be Vernon chancery case raise for his  brother and sister who be leave destitute of any provision the father die  intestate and subject thereunto the estate be limit to he for life remainder  to Vernon chancery case er p the heir of his body remainder to the heir of  John clerk the father his mother join in the settlement and it be open  transact with the concurrence of friend and relation John clerk afterward  marry the sister of one Gerrard who get the lunatic home to he and engage he  in many debt by bind and otherwise and in the lunatic son and only child be  about nineteen year old die and thereupon a commission be sue out and John  clerk find to be a lunatic and have so be from and that without any lucid  interval but this inquisition by the direction of sir Robert sawyer then  attorneygeneral be take off the file and a agreement be make that isbury shall  be sell to pay debt in a schedule amount to pound and that Ardington shall be  settle to the use of the lunatic for life and to his first and other son by  his then wife remainder to the defendant Richard clerk c in another commission  issue and then he be find to be a lunatic on the day the commission be execute  without say from what day he become a lunatic the bill be bring to set aside  both the settlement as well that in as that in for the defendant Richard clerk  it be insist that the first settlement in be by deed fine and common recovery  and fair and open transact and with the privity and concurrence of the friend  and relation of John clerk who may be a weak man but not a lunatic or if a  lunatic may have lucid interval and therefore if the conveyance be good at law  it ought not after this length of time to be impeach or question in a court of  equity and the rather since it have be in a good measure execute by the raise  and pay the Vernon chancery case young child portion and that Richard clerk  the brother do not profit by the second settlement but for payment of the  lunatic debt join in a sale of isbury and so bar himself of the inheritance of  isbury and so ought in equity to be look upon as come in upon a good  consideration and not have be guilty of any fraud or ill practice his title  ought not to be impeach in equity per cur if John clerk be in fact a lunatic  although the settlement in other respect be reasonable and for the convenience  of the family yet it ought to be set aside in equity but there not be any  sufficient proof of his be a lunatic in and that settlement by deed and fine  have be acquiesce in the court direct a issue to try if he be a lunatic in and  if with lucid interval whether the settlement be execute in such interval vide  Sackvill v Ayleworth ante Vol Exparte sir Benjamin wright ibidem p